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Yes, it doesn’t open in the app, but that’s expected. The app will open individual observation pages, but not search pages or taxon pages. So it’s not a bug.

Update: I cleared cache, cleared data, uninstalled, reinstalled, and tried this again. Still doesn’t work. Any developers on the Android app out there? Tim

What’s one of the URLs you’re trying to open?

@tiwane Here’s one… basically I want to use this type of link for using the explore function as a saved search (since saved searches aren’t a feature of the site or app). https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-10-01&nelat=40.159856222986285&nelng=-121.06256172002786&place_id=any&subview=m…

@tiwane Were you able to verify that the above link doesn’t open the app in Android?

Reopened because @tbessie wanted to respond.

On Android app, web links don't open in app, despite "default app" being set for links

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On Android app, web links don't open in app, despite "default app" being set for links

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