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PittSharePointPro
Iron Contributor
Jan 31, 2019

SharePoint Mobile App (iOS and Android) won't open 'link' content types from a document library

I have a client occasionally creating 'links' (URL) within their SPO document libraries with the 'Links' content type.  These links open as expected from a desktop browser.  They will not open when b...
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Brent Hawthorne
Brass Contributor
Apr 11, 2019

A very valid question. We're seeing the same behavior for Promoted Links and even Link Lists which are for URLs outside SharePoint. Works in browser, even mobile browsers, but not in the SP Mobile app. Very frustrating, and turns the app into a hindrance rather than a help for users. PittSharePointPro 

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Benoit_Fournier
Iron Contributor
Oct 28, 2019

Brent Hawthorne I just observed the same thing. .Url opens in Edge browser on iOS but not in the SharePoint App. The app shows the content instead of following it.

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    alirezasharifi
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 19, 2021

    Benoit_Fournier 

    I have this Problem,

    I can see this library in browser in smartphone, but in android SharePoint application I cannot see that.

    Could you solve it this problem?

     

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      PUP666
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 04, 2022

      alirezasharifi  Did this ever get resolved?  Very frustrating that something that is fundamentally essential to the modern world does not work as expected. 

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