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Proposed changes

Removes four methods from ios/AppDelegate.swift that Expo SDK 58 makes redundant under the scene life cycle:

• application(_:open:options:) and application(_:continue:restorationHandler:), which called RCTLinkingManager. With a scene delegate, UIKit no longer calls these app-delegate methods. ExpoAppSceneDelegate (our SceneDelegate subclasses it) handles cold-start URLs and user activities from connectionOptions, plus warm scene(_:openURLContexts:) and scene(_:continue:). It sends both kinds of event through SceneEventForwarder, which notifies RCTLinkingManager unless the app delegate already did (notifyLinkingManagerUnlessAlreadyNotified). It also rebuilds launch options so that Linking.getInitialURL() sees cold-start links.
• application(_:configurationForConnecting:options:) and application(_:didDiscardSceneSessions:). Info.plist already declares the Default Configuration scene with SceneDelegate, so UIKit resolves it without these.

AppDelegate now matches the SDK 58 bare template (expo-template-bare-minimum@58), which has none of the four. After the change, nothing in ios/ outside Pods references RCTLinkingManager.

Issue(s)

https://rocketchat.atlassian.net/browse/NATIVE-1779

How to test or reproduce

Custom scheme, on any iOS simulator:

1. Log in, then send the app to the background.
2. Run xcrun simctl openurl booted "rocketchat://room?host=<server>&path=channel/<room>".
3. The app opens the room once.
4. Kill the app and repeat. It cold-starts into the room.

Universal link, on a non-slimmed simulator or a device (simctl openurl https://… always opens Safari, so tap the link instead):

1. In Safari, open a page on another domain that links to https://go.rocket.chat/room?host=<server>&path=channel/<room>.
2. With the app in the background, tap the link. The app opens the room once.
3. Kill the app and tap the link again. It cold-starts into the room.

Checked on an iPhone 17 simulator (iOS 27) with all four cases. Temporary JS logging recorded exactly one url event (warm) or one getInitialURL value (cold), and one DEEP_LINKING_OPEN dispatch, for each link.

Screenshots

Custom scheme, warm (app in background):

custom-scheme-warm.mp4

Custom scheme, cold (app killed):

custom-scheme-cold.mp4

Universal link go.rocket.chat/room?host=…, warm (tapped in Safari):

universal-link-warm.mp4

Universal link, cold (tapped in Safari):

universal-link-cold.mp4

Types of changes

• Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• Improvement (non-breaking change which improves a current function)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Documentation update (if none of the other choices apply)

Checklist

• I have read the CONTRIBUTING doc
• I have signed the CLA
• Lint and unit tests pass locally with my changes
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works (if applicable)
• I have added necessary documentation (if applicable)
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules

Further comments

The apple-app-site-association file on go.rocket.chat claims /room/*, /auth/*, /mention/* and /channel/*, and the go.rocket.chat/room?… links still open the app as universal links. This PR doesn't change either.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Behavior Changes
  • iOS no longer forwards incoming URLs or universal links through the app’s previous linking handlers. Links that relied on this handling may no longer open or navigate within the app.
  • Scene configuration and discarded-scene callbacks are no longer handled by the app.

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Walkthrough

AppDelegate no longer implements URL-opening or universal-link forwarding, scene-configuration, or discarded-scene callbacks.

Changes

iOS AppDelegate callbacks

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Remove AppDelegate callbacks ios/AppDelegate.swift	Removes URL and universal-link forwarding to RCTLinkingManager, plus the scene-configuration and discarded-scene callback overrides.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Refactor

Possibly related PRs

• RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.ReactNative#7852: Updates the iOS native project for Expo SDK 58, including the scene lifecycle referenced by this change.

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to a9fe2

Deep links remain routed through the scene delegate, and no actionable merge-blocking risk was found.

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