Expo Deep linking integration

Getting started

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Deep Linking Types

Deferred Deep Linking - Serving personalized content to new or former users, directly after the installation.
Direct Deep Linking - Directly serving personalized content to existing users, which already have the mobile app installed.

Unified deep linking (UDL) - an API which enables you to send new and existing users to a specific in-app activity as soon as the app is opened.

For more info please check out the OneLink™ Deep Linking Guide and developer guide.

Implementation for Expo

In order to use AppsFlyer's deeplinks you need to configure intent filters/scheme/associatedDomains as described in Expo's guide.
For Android apps: You need to add setIntent() inside the onNewIntent method like described here. This plugin is NOT adding this code out the box, so you need to implement it manually or with custom config plugin

Full app.json example

{
  "expo": {
    "name": "expoAppsFlyer",
    "slug": "expoAppsFlyer",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "orientation": "portrait",
    "icon": "./assets/atom.png",
    "plugins": [
      [
        "react-native-appsflyer",
        { "shouldUseStrictMode": true } // <<-- only for strict mode
      ]
    ],
    "splash": {
      "image": "./assets/splash.png",
      "resizeMode": "contain",
      "backgroundColor": "#ffffff"
    },
    "updates": {
      "fallbackToCacheTimeout": 0
    },
    "assetBundlePatterns": ["**/*"],
    "scheme": "my-own-scheme", // <<-- uri scheme as configured on AF dashboard
    "ios": {
      "supportsTablet": true,
      "bundleIdentifier": "com.appsflyer.expoaftest",
      "associatedDomains": ["applinks:expotest.onelink.me"] // <<-- important in order to use universal links
    },
    "android": {
      "adaptiveIcon": {
        "foregroundImage": "./assets/adaptive-icon.png",
        "backgroundColor": "#FFFFFF"
      },
      "package": "com.af.expotest",
      "intentFilters": [
        {
          "action": "VIEW",
          "data": [
            {
              "scheme": "https",
              "host": "expotest.onelink.me", // <<-- important for android App Links
              "pathPrefix": "/DvWi" // <<-- set your onelink template id
            }
          ],
          "category": ["BROWSABLE", "DEFAULT"]
        },
        {
          "action": "VIEW",
          "data": [
            {
              "scheme": "my-own-scheme" // <<-- uri scheme as configured on AF dashboard
            }
          ],
          "category": ["BROWSABLE", "DEFAULT"]
        }
      ]
    },
    "web": {
      "favicon": "./assets/favicon.png"
    }
  }
}