Android URL or Applink Launch

[BrianDCoyle]

Hey So I am developing an app for android and IOS Using UE5.5. I want to lauch a URL that will open google maps using the launch URL node. This works fine when using a test build on my phone with “ExtraPermissions=android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES” added for it to work. This permission though is not approved to be used on google play store unless there is a really good reason, so google blocks it.

With that permission removed Launching URLs doesn’t work! I have looked online and seen this was an issue but there was a fix using a source build of unreal,

[Solved] Launch URL doesn't work in Android for SDK target 30

Okay so I was looking into this in a bit more detail. As others already wrote, adding the android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES works, but is definitely not recommended. The easiest way of solving this is to upgrade the project to 4.27. With 4.27 the following commit fixes this issue for SDK target 30: https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/commit/e49afc395b171e1d0c39e2d79b16ca2be8ea982c In case upgrading isn’t an option for some reason, there are 2 things that are required additionally to …

I have a source build but that build also has that fix already applied.

So I am really stuck on how to open up a URL or APPlink without using the permission above, if anyone has any good fixes for this I would really appreciate it.