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Why do I have to separate the <intent-filter> to show the "open" button on google play?


I have an app on GooglePlay, but the Open button is missing. It just says Uninstall.

This is my mainfest.xml:

<application
        android:name=".preview_refresh"
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".Login_Activity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

                <data
                    android:host="www.url.com"
                    android:path="/launch"
                    android:scheme="https" />


            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
   
    </application>

I figured out, the problem is:

<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

But I have these lines in my code. When I remove:

                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

                <data
                    android:host="www.url.com"
                    android:path="/launch"
                    android:scheme="https" />

the open button is shown.

How can I fix it? I need these tags to open my app via link.

EDIT

I solved my problem, but now I have a new question:

Why do I have to separate the <intent-filter>? It's very confusing, because it shouldn't make any difference.


Solution

  • Ok, now I figured it out. The solution is to separate the <intent-filter>. Like this:

    <activity android:name=".Login_Activity">
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    
                </intent-filter>
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
    
                    <data
                        android:host="www.urlk.com"
                        android:path="/launch"
                        android:scheme="https" />
                </intent-filter>
            </activity>