These are instructions to support and test simple deeplinking, without Firebase or the Navigation Components.
AndroidManifest.xml
Add an Intent filter to your manifest and specify which URLs should open your Activity:
<intent-filter android:label="@string/filter_title_viewgizmos">
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<!-- Accepts URIs that begin with "http://www.example.com/gizmos” -->
<data android:scheme="http"
android:host="www.example.com"
android:pathPrefix="/stuff" />
<!-- note that the leading "/" is required for pathPrefix-->
<!-- note that only one <data> per intent-filter is allowed -->
</intent-filter>
YourActivity.java
Handle the URL inside your Activity:
Intent intent = getIntent();
String action = intent.getAction();
Uri data = intent.getData();
String relevantPart = data.getLastPathSegment();
Testing
Test it through the command line:
adb shell am start -W -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d http://www.example.com/stuff/
Or, when using the adb.sh script, like so:
./adb.sh open http://www.example.com/stuff/