From 0f7fbd8063f5d6fa99e324056cc0e22d360e80d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: artus9033 <artus9033@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:39:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: support linking in Expo

---
 .../ios/ExpoHostRuntime.swift                 | 19 ++++++++++++++
 .../ios/ReactNativeBrownfield.swift           | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../ios/ReactNativeHostRuntime.swift          | 16 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 60 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ExpoHostRuntime.swift b/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ExpoHostRuntime.swift
index 30038e09..be078ad0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ExpoHostRuntime.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ExpoHostRuntime.swift
@@ -96,6 +96,25 @@ final class ExpoHostRuntime {
     ) != nil
   }
 
+  // Linking API; base implementation courtesy of Expo, licensed under the MIT License - changes were made to call the method on expo delegate - https://github.com/expo/expo/blob/main/apps/bare-expo/ios/AppDelegate.swift
+  func application(
+    _ app: UIApplication,
+    open url: URL,
+    options: [UIApplication.OpenURLOptionsKey: Any] = [:]
+  ) -> Bool {
+    return (expoDelegate?.application(app, open: url, options: options) ?? false) || RCTLinkingManager.application(app, open: url, options: options)
+  }
+
+  // Universal Links; base implementation courtesy of Expo, licensed under the MIT License - changes were made to call the method on expo delegate - https://github.com/expo/expo/blob/main/apps/bare-expo/ios/AppDelegate.swift
+  func application(
+    _ application: UIApplication,
+    continue userActivity: NSUserActivity,
+    restorationHandler: @escaping ([UIUserActivityRestoring]?) -> Void
+  ) -> Bool {
+    let result = RCTLinkingManager.application(application, continue: userActivity, restorationHandler: restorationHandler)
+    return (expoDelegate?.application(application, continue: userActivity, restorationHandler: restorationHandler) ?? false) || result
+  }
+
   func view(
     moduleName: String,
     initialProps: [AnyHashable: Any]?,
diff --git a/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ReactNativeBrownfield.swift b/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ReactNativeBrownfield.swift
index f03203f0..35a2559f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ReactNativeBrownfield.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ReactNativeBrownfield.swift
@@ -122,6 +122,31 @@ internal import Expo
     #endif
   }
 
+  @objc public func application(
+    _ app: UIApplication,
+    open url: URL,
+    options: [UIApplication.OpenURLOptionsKey: Any] = [:]
+  ) -> Bool {
+    #if canImport(Expo)
+    return ExpoHostRuntime.shared.application(app, open: url, options: options)
+    #else
+    return ReactNativeHostRuntime.shared.application(app, open: url, options: options)
+    #endif
+  }
+
+  // Universal Links
+  @objc public func application(
+    _ application: UIApplication,
+    continue userActivity: NSUserActivity,
+    restorationHandler: @escaping ([UIUserActivityRestoring]?) -> Void
+  ) -> Bool {
+    #if canImport(Expo)
+    return ExpoHostRuntime.shared.application(application, continue: userActivity, restorationHandler: restorationHandler)
+    #else
+    return ReactNativeHostRuntime.shared.application(application, continue: userActivity, restorationHandler: restorationHandler)
+    #endif
+  }
+
   /**
    * Starts React Native with optional callback when bundle is loaded.
    *
diff --git a/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ReactNativeHostRuntime.swift b/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ReactNativeHostRuntime.swift
index f6715a81..f3f467fb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ReactNativeHostRuntime.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-brownfield/ios/ReactNativeHostRuntime.swift
@@ -120,6 +120,22 @@ final class ReactNativeHostRuntime {
     return true
   }
 
+  public func application(
+    _ app: UIApplication,
+    open url: URL,
+    options: [UIApplication.OpenURLOptionsKey: Any] = [:]
+  ) -> Bool {
+    return RCTLinkingManager.application(app, open: url, options: options)
+  }
+
+  public func application(
+    _ application: UIApplication,
+    continue userActivity: NSUserActivity,
+    restorationHandler: @escaping ([UIUserActivityRestoring]?) -> Void
+  ) -> Bool {
+    return RCTLinkingManager.application(application, continue: userActivity, restorationHandler: restorationHandler)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Starts React Native with optional callback when bundle is loaded.
    *

From 6202bdd14c8c20d978e98221a7c7d548bb085e5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: artus9033 <artus9033@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:12:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: add changeset

---
 .changeset/real-seas-bake.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/real-seas-bake.md

diff --git a/.changeset/real-seas-bake.md b/.changeset/real-seas-bake.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..446f677d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/real-seas-bake.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@callstack/react-native-brownfield': minor
+---
+
+feat: support linking in Expo and vanilla