Telegram share link opens Telegram website instead of the app

[cappster]

Some users have reported that when they attempt to open the Telegram share link (https://t.me/share?text=) from my app, instead of opening the Telegram app directly, their system opens Safari with the URL https://telegram.org.

I attempted to reproduce this behaviour but was unable to. However, users continue to report the issue. I also tried using one of the user's Telegram share links, but the behaviour remains inconsistent.

Steps to Reproduce (as reported by users):

• Install the Telegram app on an iOS device.
• Open my app.
• Click on the link https://t.me/share?text=test.
• Instead of opening the Telegram app, the system opens Safari with https://telegram.org.
• Expected Behavior:
• Clicking on the link should directly open the Telegram app and prefill the message with "test".

Actual Behavior: Safari opens with https://telegram.org instead of launching the Telegram app.

Questions:

• Could this be an issue with how iOS handles universal links for Telegram?
• Are there known cases where https://t.me/share does not properly deep-link to the app?
• Are there alternative deep link formats that should be used instead?

[vahmetdinov]

Same problem Pls help!