im trying to set up universal links in a react-native project, thought this part shouldt have anything to do with react-native.
i have uploaded the file correctly at: example.com/.well-known/apple-app-site-association
i created a simple html file to test the universal link: open
but im having a wierd problem where the syntax of the "path" section determines if the universal link works or not.
this does not work:
syntax 1:
"paths": [
"*"
]
syntax 2:
"paths": ["*"]
however, this works:
syntax 3:
"paths": [ "*" ]
i prefer syntax 1, as i think its the most clean one. especially if i start adding more routes. i want this one to work, i dont want to use syntax 2 or 3.
i also checked some other websites like facebook and youtube, and they all have the syntax 1, with linebreaks for every path.
i cant imagine why linebreaks and spaces have any effect. what could possibly be an explanation for this?
well i found the problem, its not spaces or linebreaks that determined if my deep links worked or not. i made a typo. i find it weird that the typo only broke the deep links in some circumstances and not others, but oh well.
i wrote the applinks property with camelcase, like so: appLinks. it should all be lowercase. applinks is the correct spelling.