how to perform deep linking on React Native Navigation - react-native

Question

I have a request to implement deep linking in our React Native application whereby clicking a link will take them directly into the installed app. I am able to successfully direct them to the app. However, it must navigate to a certain page.
To address the problem, I use the code below. If there is a better approach to handle the problem, I would appreciate it if you could share it with me!
const useUrl = async () => {
const url = await Linking.getInitialURL();
if (url) {
Navigation.push(componentId, {
component: {
name: 'screen',
},
});
}
};
react-native and react-navigation both handle this as part of a feature set within the "Linking" that they offer. I can't find a way to handle that with React Native Navigation?

Answer 1

For me, I just add path to my stack navigator in react native like this
Product: {
screen: ProductScreen,
path: 'product/:productId'
},
and make sure your web that handle deep link have a similar path in routing. For example https://yourweb.com/product/:productId
And in your screen file, add this
useEffect(() => {
Linking.addEventListener('url', _handleDeepLink)
return () => {
Linking.removeEventListener('url', _handleDeepLink);
}
}
const _handleDeepLink = (event) => {
if (event) {
const route = event.url.replace(/.*?:\/\//g, '')
const id = route.match(/\/([^\/]+)\/?$/)[1];
if (id !== undefined) {
// do your code here if screen just opened via deep link
}
}
}