React-native: iOS 14 default browser Linkin.canOpenURL issue

[burya4ok]

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Description

On iOS 14 we have the ability to change the default browser. So, after I change it to Chrome when I call Linking.canOpenURL with any URL it returns false. But if I did not check and call Linking.openURL function it works and the link is opened in Chrome.

React Native version:

System:
OS: macOS 11.0
CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 129.34 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 12.18.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.3/bin/node
npm: 6.14.8 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.3/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.9.3 - /usr/local/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 14.0, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 14.0, watchOS 7.0
Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 4.0 AI-193.6911.18.40.6626763
Xcode: 12.0.1/12A7300 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: 11.0.8 - /usr/bin/javac
Python: 2.7.16 - /usr/bin/python
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: ^16.13.1 => 16.13.1
react-native: ^0.63.3 => 0.63.3
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

Steps To Reproduce

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1. Change the default browser to Chrome
2. Call Linking.canOpenURL() with any URL
3. It will return false

Expected Results

When the default browser is changed Linking.canOpenURL() should return true

[ravirajn22]

Did you check if this is an iOS bug? may be check ones.

[andrzejbe]

add https & http to LSApplicationQueriesSchemes in Info.plist

[djw27]

add https & http to LSApplicationQueriesSchemes in Info.plist

This fixed the issue for us - thanks!