[HOLD for payment 2023-10-27] [$250] Android - Send money - Send money deep link redirects to mobile browser instead of native app

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Version Number: 1.3.81-4

Reproducible in staging?: Yes

Reproducible in production?: No, feature is not available on production

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Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Slack conversation:

Action Performed:

1. Navigate to https://staging.new.expensify.com/request/new
   from external app
2. Close New Expensify app
3. Navigate to https://staging.new.expensify.com/send/new
   from external app

Expected Result:

New Expensify app is launched and Send money page is opened

Actual Result:

User is redirected to mobile browser

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Android: Native

Bug6233273_1697041615314.Screen_Recording_20231011_230700_Chrome.1.mp4

Android: mWeb Chrome

iOS: Native

iOS: mWeb Safari

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

MacOS: Desktop

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @garrettmknight (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @jasperhuangg (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[jasperhuangg]

No need to block deploy on this, but we should keep it open and let people submit proposals.