{"id":253272,"date":"2026-05-23T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/how-to-use-linksheet-to-fix-androids-broken-link-handling\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T08:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:15:10","slug":"how-to-use-linksheet-to-fix-androids-broken-link-handling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/how-to-use-linksheet-to-fix-androids-broken-link-handling\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use LinkSheet to fix Android’s broken link handling"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to use LinkSheet to fix Android’s broken link handling<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/i-fixed-android-broken-link-handling-linksheet-app-3667847\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-23 08:06:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

I get plenty of WhatsApp messages from friends and family every day, many of which are links to other websites, Reddit threads, Instagram Reels, or YouTube videos. Tapping these links opens them directly in their native apps \u2014 except for Instagram Reels links, which open in the default browser because I don\u2019t have the Instagram app on my phone.<\/p>\n

Although I\u2019m fine with this most of the time, it\u2019s not a perfect system. I don\u2019t always want to open links in the native app, since that can influence my algorithm and surface similar content I may not want to see. For the longest time, I relied on a workaround to navigate this problem. It involved copying the link I received in WhatsApp and opening it in a browser. It was just as clunky as it sounds.<\/p>\n

\u200bThat\u2019s when I decided to give LinkSheet a shot. LinkSheet is a free, open-source app that fixes Android\u2019s broken link-handling. Instead of deciding which app to open a link for me, it lets me choose one. And now, it\u2019s become one of the first few open-source Android apps I install on every phone.<\/p>\n

Do you miss the Open with dialog from older Android versions?<\/h3>\n

5 votes<\/p>\n

Yes.<\/p>\n

80%<\/p>\n

No. It added unnecessary friction.<\/p>\n

0%<\/p>\n

Don’t care. I already use a third-party link handler.<\/p>\n

20%<\/p>\n

LinkSheet intercepts links and lets me choose how to open them<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

\"LinkSheet<\/p>\n

Yash Wate \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

In previous versions of Android \u2014 Android 12 or earlier \u2014 tapping a link would bring up the Open with dialog, where you could select an app to open that link in. For example, if you had the official Reddit app and a third-party Reddit client installed on your phone, every time you tapped a Reddit link, it\u2019d surface the dialog with both apps, so you could choose the one preferred.<\/p>\n

However, with Android 12, Google introduced a new system that automatically opens links in an app if it\u2019s verified for that specific domain \u2014 unless you don\u2019t have a compatible app on your device, in which case it opens it in the default browser….<\/p>\n

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