Testing app links

As with every new feature we add, we must test the app links feature that we will add to our application.

Checking manifest and listing domains

Our first step is to go over the manifest and make sure all the domains are registered correctly and all intent filters are well defined. Only the links/domains under all the criteria mentioned in the following bullets are the ones we need to test:

• The android:scheme attribute with a value of HTTP or HTTPS
• The android:host attribute with a domain URI pattern
• The category element, which can be one of the following:
  • android.intent.action.VIEW
  • android.intent.category.BROWSABLE

The Digital Asset Links API

We can use the Digital Asset Links API to confirm that our link's JSON file is properly hosted and defined using the following syntax:

https://digitalassetlinks.googleapis.com/v1/statements:list?source.web.site=https://<DOMAIN>:<port>& relation=delegate_permission/common.handle_all_urls

Testing our intent

Now that we have...