Deep linking is not working when app is closed/killed

Description

If app in background

• specific screen will open as expected. (through deeplink)

If app is not in background or closed

• it will show first screen only. (through deeplink)

I tried some of the work arounds mentioned on stackoverflow but they dont seems to work

References: Deep linking - doesn’t work if app is closed , React Native - Deep linking is not working when app is not in background (Android, iOS), Deep linking not working when app is in background state React native

React Native version:

System: OS: macOS 10.15.7 Binaries: Node: 16.8.0 - /usr/local/bin/node npm: 7.22.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman Managers: CocoaPods: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod SDKs: iOS SDK: Platforms: iOS 14.4, DriverKit 20.2, macOS 11.1, tvOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2 npmPackages: @react-native-community/cli: Not Found react: 17.0.2 => 17.0.2 react-native: ^0.64.0 => 0.64.2

Expected Results

It should open the specific screen through deep link when the app is in closed/killed state also.

Snack, code example :

linking.js

 const config = {
   screens: {
      Home:'home',
      Profile:'profile,
     },
  };
    
 const linking = {
  prefixes: ['demo://app'],
  config,
};
     
 export default linking;

App.js

import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react';
import {Linking} from 'react-native';
import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';
import {createStackNavigator} from '@react-navigation/stack';
import {NavigationContainer} from '@react-navigation/native';
import linking from './utils/linking';
import {Home, Profile, SplashScreen} from './components';

const Stack = createStackNavigator();

const App = () => {

function _handleOpenUrl(event) {
  console.log('handleOpenUrl', event.url);
}

  // this handles the case where a deep link launches the application
  Linking.getInitialURL()
    .then((url) => {
      if (url) {
        console.log('launch url', url);
        _handleOpenUrl({url});
      }
    })
    .catch((err) => console.error('launch url error', err));

  useEffect(() => {
    Linking.addEventListener('url', _handleOpenUrl);
    return () => {
      Linking.removeEventListener('url', _handleOpenUrl);
    };
  }, []);

  return (
    <NavigationContainer linking={linking}>
      <Stack.Navigator
        initialRouteName="SplashScreen"
        screenOptions={{...TransitionPresets.SlideFromRightIOS}}>
        <Stack.Screen
          name="SplashScreen"
          component={SplashScreen}
          options={{headerShown: false}}
        />
        <Stack.Screen
          name="Home"
          component={Home}
          options={{headerShown: false, gestureEnabled: false}}
        />
        <Stack.Screen
          name="Profile"
          component={Profile}
          options={{headerShown: false, gestureEnabled: false}}
        />
      </Stack.Navigator>
    </NavigationContainer>
  );
};

export default App;

[jinghongchan]

I’m facing the same issue. Any solutions?

[kale1d]

same here. Working with react-native 0.65.1 version.