Fixes #1824 - Redirect universal links directly to the browser if they're not supported

ElementX/Sources/Application/Application.swift

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct Application: App {
                 })
                 .onOpenURL {
                     if !appCoordinator.handleDeepLink($0) {
-                        openURL($0)
+                        openURLInSystemBrowser($0)
                     }
                 }
                 .introspect(.window, on: .supportedVersions) { window in
@@ -57,8 +57,32 @@ struct Application: App {
                 }
         }
     }
+    
+    // MARK: - Private
 
+    /// Hide the status bar so it doesn't interfere with the screenshot tests
     private var shouldHideStatusBar: Bool {
         ProcessInfo.isRunningUITests
     }
+    
+    /// https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-ios/issues/1824
+    /// Avoid opening universal links in other app variants and infinite loops between them
+    private func openURLInSystemBrowser(_ originalURL: URL) {
+        guard var urlComponents = URLComponents(url: originalURL, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: true) else {
+            openURL(originalURL)
+            return
+        }
+        
+        var queryItems = urlComponents.queryItems ?? []
+        queryItems.append(.init(name: "no_universal_links", value: "true"))
+        
+        urlComponents.queryItems = queryItems
+        
+        guard let url = urlComponents.url else {
+            openURL(originalURL)
+            return
+        }
+        
+        openURL(url)
+    }
 }

ElementX/SupportingFiles/ElementX.entitlements

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 		<string>applinks:develop.element.io</string>
 		<string>applinks:mobile.element.io</string>
 		<string>applinks:call.element.io</string>
+		<string>applinks:call.element.dev</string>
 		<string>webcredentials:*.element.io</string>
 	</array>
 	<key>com.apple.developer.usernotifications.communication</key>

changelog.d/1824.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Redirect universal links directly to the browser if they're not supported