No data passed on resume

Hello,

If my Ionic App is open in background, and I click on a branch link in another app, Branch.initSession() is returning me this, after I called it on the platform.resume event.

{"+clicked_branch_link":false,"+is_first_session":false}

branchInit() {
    console.log('branchInit');
    // only on devices
    if (!this.platform.is('cordova')) { return }
    const Branch = window['Branch'];
    Branch.initSession(this.checkDeeplink.bind(this));
    //Branch.getLatestReferringParams().then(this.checkDeeplink.bind(this));
    //Branch.getFirstReferringParams().then(this.checkDeeplink.bind(this));
    
  }

  checkDeeplink(res) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(res));
    if(res['+clicked_branch_link']) {
      console.log('here');
      this.nav.push('reset-password');
    }
  }

  constructor(public platform: Platform, statusBar: StatusBar, splashScreen: SplashScreen, public menu: MenuController) {
    if (localStorage.getItem('access_token')) {
        this.rootPage = ListPage;
    }
    
    platform.ready().then(() => {
      // Okay, so the platform is ready and our plugins are available.
      // Here you can do any higher level native things you might need.
      statusBar.styleDefault();
      splashScreen.hide();      
      this.branchInit();
    });

    platform.resume.subscribe(() => {
      this.branchInit();
    });
  }

My goal is to show a “Reset Password Page” after clicking a Branch deep link, wether or not the app is launched in background.

[captaincole]

@ethanneff Thanks for getting back to us. Here is the information requested. By the way, adding a small 300ms timeout to my code actually made it work…

The deeplink specifically being used, which was created via “quick links” on the branch dashboard (as opposed to an in-app link)

https://38plank.app.link/donated (this wont work in our current app because were building a whole new flow)

Were using this deeplink to route people back from a donation webpage to our app. It does not work the first time I go back to the app, but if I do the same process a second time, it will work.

Here is the relevant code that is used on resume, and on init

      const branchInit = () => {
        if (!platform.is('cordova')) { return; }
        console.log('Init Session Branch');
        Branch.initSession( (data) => {
          console.log('Branch Initialized' + JSON.stringify(data));
          if (data.$deeplink_path) {
            console.log('Routing Link: ' + JSON.stringify(data.$deeplink_path));
            this.routeLink(data.$deeplink_path);
          }
        }).then( (data) => {
          console.log('Branch Init' + JSON.stringify(data));
        }).catch( (err) => {
          console.log('Branch Init Error: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
        });
      };

      branchInit();
      Branch.setDebug(true);
      platform.resume.subscribe( () => {
        platform.ready().then( () => {
          console.log('Branch resume');
            branchInit();
        });
      });

Wish I knew how to attach those fancy screen videos you are using above. Is that just a video from an emulator?

[spacesuitdiver]

@alexandre-pereira @ethanneff wrapping this in a timeout as shown below seems to alleviate the issue so there’s some sort of race condition going on it seems.

                setTimeout(() => {
                    $window.Branch.initSession(function (data) {
                        console.log(data); 
                    })
                    .then(console.log)
                    .catch(console.log);
                }, 5000);