Deep linking return null via push notification when i kill the app

[darbaoui]

Current Behavior

// App.js

componentDidMount() {
  Linking.getInitialURL().then(url => {
      this.navigate(url);
  });
  Linking.addEventListener('url', this.handleOpenURL);
}

handleOpenURL = event => {
    this.navigate(event.url);
};

navigate = url => {
    const route = url.replace(/.*?:\/\//g, '');
    const route_id = route.match(/\/([^\/]+)\/?$/)[1];
    const routeName = route.split('/')[0];

    this.navigator &&
          this.navigator.dispatch(
            NavigationActions.navigate({
               routeName
               params: {
                 route_id,
               },
             }),
          );
}

i have 2 scenarios in IOS:

• if the app is already opened and it is in the background, send push notification from intercom with deep link, i receive it then i click on it the app opened and redirect me to the screen that i want.
• if i kill the app by swipping it, i send the same notifcation, if i click on it, that only open the app no redirection, in this case if i use safari with my app url schema like appname://...., i can open the app and navigate to the disired screen., only from push notification that not work.

Expected Behavior

• if i kill the app and receive notification with deep link action i can navigate to the desired screen.

Your Environment

software	version
iOS	13.3.1
react-navigation	^4.0.10
react-navigation-stack	^1.10.3
react-navigation-tabs	^2.5.6
react-native-reanimated	^1.4.0
react-native-gesture-handler	^1.5.0
react-native-screens	^2.0.0-alpha.11
react-native	0.61.4"
node	v13.6.0
yarn	1.21.1

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[Aure77]

I facing exact same issue.

RCTLinkingManager is call with url in native side. But Linking.getInitialURL() is resolved as null in RN.

[Aure77]

Similar to #11191

[cx5168]

same issue.

Deeplink can be obtained by calling Linking from the hyperlink of the browser, but deeplink cannot be obtained by calling Linking after clicking push notification.

any way for it?

[cx5168]

follow:
#5047

solved it!

[Aure77]

follow:
#5047

solved it!

Can you explain us the solution ? Last comment is same code as provided on this issue (listener + getInitialURL).

I notice that it seems working when dev server is not used (bundle file instead of bridge url).

[cx5168]

follow:
#5047
solved it!

Can you explain us the solution ? Last comment is same code as provided on this issue (listener + getInitialURL).

I notice that it seems working when dev server is not used (bundle file instead of bridge url).

my solution:
node_modules/react-native/Libraries/LinkingIOS/RCTLinkingManager.m

getInitialURL:

RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(getInitialURL:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
reject:(__unused RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
{
NSURL *initialURL = nil;

if (self.bridge.launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsURLKey]) {
initialURL = self.bridge.launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsURLKey];

}else if (self.bridge.launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey]){
// keep in mind I'm extracting a dict here as my notification payload is a dictionary but it could be modified to extract any specific thing your payload sends
NSDictionary *dict = self.bridge.launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey];
NSString *string_url = [dict valueForKey:@"url"];
initialURL = [NSURL URLWithString:string_url];
} else {
NSDictionary *userActivityDictionary =
self.bridge.launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsUserActivityDictionaryKey];
if ([userActivityDictionary[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsUserActivityTypeKey] isEqual:NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb]) {
initialURL = ((NSUserActivity *)userActivityDictionary[@"UIApplicationLaunchOptionsUserActivityKey"]).webpageURL;
}
}
resolve(RCTNullIfNil(initialURL.absoluteString));
}

["url"]：
The url should be determined according to the key of the deeplink of the notification payload.

good luck!

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[emawby]

This issue is caused because when launching the app from a notification the launch options will not contain the initial url, and since the React-Native run time is not available yet, the url event listener won't fire. A fix for this would involve somehow having the event listener work even when the run time hasn't loaded yet. Otherwise you will need to parse the options in iOS native code for the launch URL and set the launch option key that react native is looking for.

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