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Handling Custom URL Schemes in Objective-C: implementing Info.plist Configuration

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I've looked through the documentation and I'm still confused about I tried several approaches but none seem to work... I'm trying to implement a custom URL scheme in my Objective-C application to handle deep linking. I’ve followed the standard procedure by adding the URL types in my `Info.plist`, but the app isn't being launched when I try to open the URL from Safari. Here’s the relevant part of my `Info.plist`: ```xml <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key> <array> <dict> <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key> <array> <string>myapp</string> </array> <key>CFBundleURLName</key> <string>My Application</string> </dict> </array> ``` I’m attempting to open the URL using `myapp://somePath`, but the app does not respond. I’ve also implemented the following method in my `AppDelegate` to handle the incoming URL: ```objective-c - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application openURL:(NSURL *)url options:(NSDictionary<UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey, id> *)options { NSLog(@"Opened URL: %@", url); // Handle the URL here return YES; } ``` Despite this, there are no logs when I try to open the URL, which leads me to suspect that the URL isn’t even reaching the app. I’ve double-checked that my app is actually installed and that the URL scheme is correct. I’m testing on an iPhone running iOS 16.1. Any thoughts on what might be going wrong? Could it be an scenario with the way the `Info.plist` is configured, or is there something else I might be missing? I’ve also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app to refresh the URL scheme registration but that hasn’t helped either. My development environment is Windows. What's the best practice here? I'd really appreciate any guidance on this.