https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492471
Bug ID: 492471
Summary: Sharing links to phone always opens the link in
default browser/app
Classification: Applications
Product: kdeconnect
Version: unspecified
Platform: Android
OS: Android 14.x
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: android-application
Assignee: albertv...@gmail.com
Reporter: bcej...@gmail.com
CC: andrew.g.r.hol...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Sharing a link to KDE Connect inevitably causes that link to get opened in a
browser, which is often not what a user wants.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use the Share URL option from a PC to send a link to KDE Connect
2. A notification appears on the phone, showing the shared link.
3. Tap the notification.
OBSERVED RESULT
The link is automatically opened in the default browser, or the relevant
default app (which could be Google Docs, or similar, with all the tracking
therein).
EXPECTED RESULT
KDE Connect should at least offer the option to either *copy* the link or open
it in the default browser/app.
This is especially important in Android 13 onwards where users are forced to
pick a default browser and can no longer use "Open With" to choose a browser
for opening each link. Very often, you don't want to open the links you're
sharing -- you just want to share them in some chat or paste them somewhere or
similar.
After all, if you're sharing a link to your phone, chances are you already
opened the thing on your PC, so merely opening it again on your phone is
unlikely to be the goal of your sharing. Or if you want to open it, you want to
do so in an app of your own choosing.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Android 14
Ubuntu 21.10 + GSConnect on the PC (though this is irrelevant)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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