In my app I have 3 activities, MainActivity, SecondaryActivity and TertiaryActivity. I want SecondaryActivity to be a default app link handler for a particular domain on Android 6, as described in this guide. At the same time, I want another activity, TertiaryActivity, to be able to handle links from another domain, but not be a default handler, as I don't own the domain. Here's my AndroidManifest to illustrate:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest package="com.antonc.applinktest"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".SecondaryActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter android:autoVerify="true"> <!-- TRUE -->
<data android:scheme="https"
android:host="secondary.com"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".TertiaryActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter android:autoVerify="false"> <!-- FALSE -->
<data android:scheme="https"
android:host="tertiary.com"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
I read through this extensive guide on app links that explains the mechanics of app link handling and app verification on Android, and here's the messages I see in logcat related to app verification:
03-25 17:54:45.640 1481-1481/com.google.android.gms D/IntentFilterVerificationReceiver: Received ACTION_INTENT_FILTER_NEEDS_VERIFICATION.
03-25 17:54:45.644 1481-30947/com.google.android.gms I/IntentFilterIntentService: Verifying IntentFilter. verificationId:12 scheme:"https" hosts:"tertiary.com secondary.com" package:"com.antonc.applinktest".
03-25 17:54:46.762 1481-30947/com.google.android.gms I/IntentFilterIntentService: Verification 12 complete. Success:false. Failed hosts:tertiary.com,secondary.com.
As you can see it attempts to verify both secondary.com and tertiary.com, even though I explicitly set android:autoVerify="false" for the intent filter on tertiary.com!
Is this an Android bug? How do I make sure that IntentFilterIntentService only verifies the intent filter for which I have set android:autoVerify="true" and leaves the other one out?