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JAW
JAW

Reputation: 237

How to EXCLUDE a directory from a pathPatttern

I have found many ways to set pathPatterns to apply to certain directories or files. I need to EXCLUDE a directory from a general pattern.

I have an InstantApp intent-filter with a pathPattern="/.*" That allows two ways of passing parameters with the download of the instantapp feature module, viz., example.com/abc/xyz or example.com/?Q1=abc&Q2=xyz.

My problem is that I need a directory, say, example.com/exclusion NOT to be treated as a parameter to be passed but as BROWSABLE.

Any ideas or am I asking the impossible? BTW I do not want to move my pathPattern to, say, "/insertion/.*"

Upvotes: 2

Views: 829

Answers (2)

Fred
Fred

Reputation: 24

if you prefix your path pattern with a value like : pathPattern="/included/.*"

So you add it in the manifest to handle only this one.

Examples :

example.com/included/abc/xyz

example.com/included/?Q1=abc&Q2=xyz

so this one (the excluded) :

example.com/exclusion

it will not be manage by the application.

Upvotes: 1

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007474

Any ideas or am I asking the impossible?

You are asking the impossible. You can have multiple pathPattern values in an additive fashion, but there are no subtraction semantics in <intent-filter> in general.

Upvotes: 3

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