Multiple serious errors in JSON Data causing exception and ambiguity in processing

So this is something that needs to be fixed asap. Codebase is identical, but the result is different on Android and on iOS. Thre are multiple errors here.

Both tests same values using below for Facebook

 contentMetadata: {
                         '$state': "main.tabs.single",
                         '$stateParams': {"postId": post.id},
                         something_else:{test:'bar'},
                         '$og_app_id': bt_const.fbAPPId
                       }

Test 1 Android

Result in dashboard

{
  "$og_app_id": "1757534501136057",
  "$stateParams": "{\\\"postId\\\":\\\"571c1d4ba5800ace7c9e4558\\\"}",
  "~creation_source": 2,
  "$og_title": "Is our president evil? Yes or No ?",
  "~tags": [],
  "$content_type": "",
  "~channel": "Facebook",
  "$state": "main.tabs.single",
  "source": "android",
  "$og_image_url": "https://api.grademill.com/api/localstorages/shared_2016-4-28/download/dc3d559a-df92-4551-b5f6-f8fab69ccf13.jpg",
  "$og_description": "This is a question, shared by @barocsi! Click and answer on Grademill asap, the real-time decision making app!",
  "$one_time_use": false,
  "$identity_id": "253230631314557549",
  "something_else": "{\\\"test\\\":\\\"bar\\\"}",
  "$canonical_identifier": "571c1d4ba5800ace7c9e4558_1461840113431",
  "$exp_date": "0",
  "~feature": "share",
  "$keywords": [],
  "~id": "254182727471912546",
  "+url": "bnc.lt/F5kk/iJsxzC3jWs",
  "$canonical_url": ""
}

Test 2 iOS

Result in dashboard:

{
  "$og_app_id": "1757534501136057",
  "$stateParams": {"postId": "571c1d4ba5800ace7c9e4558"},
  "~creation_source": 3,
  "$og_title": "Is our president evil? Yes or No ?",
  "~channel": "facebook",
  "~feature": "share",
  "$state": "main.tabs.single",
  "$og_description": "This is a question, shared by @barocsi! Click and answer on Grademill asap, the real-time decision making app!",
  "~stage": "my_post",
  "$one_time_use": false,
  "$identity_id": "253230631314557549",
  "something_else": {"test": "bar"},
  "$canonical_identifier": "571c1d4ba5800ace7c9e4558_1461840337208",
  "$exp_date": 0,
  "$og_image_url": "https://api.grademill.com/api/localstorages/shared_2016-4-28/download/d7336874-06e6-4cbe-8082-547c696c7bcf.jpg",
  "$publicly_indexable": 1,
  "~id": "254183698788828614",
  "+url": "bnc.lt/F5kk/mTfaOIkkWs"
}

Problems:

1. ~channel names are different. This is not good if later one wants to combine statistics.
2. Double escaping causes exception when processing link metadata generated by Android
3. Stage parameter is still missing from Android generated link as stated to be resolved in https://github.com/BranchMetrics/Cordova-Ionic-PhoneGap-Deferred-Deep-Linking-SDK/issues/122 but apparently not (probably I am using a wrong version 2.0.12.

Please fix, I wonder other clients never bump into these.

[barocsi]

Meanwhile this workaround did the trick

      if (typeof payload.$stateParams == 'string') {
        var __unescaped = payload.$stateParams.replace(/\\/g, "");
        payload.$stateParams = JSON.parse(__unescaped);
      }

[computerjazz]

Whoops, wrong repo – I’m on React Native. Will report the issue there. Thanks!