app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -48,6 +48,19 @@ android {
         versionName = (project.findProperty("versionName") as String?)?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() } ?: "0.1.0"
 
         testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+
+        // Android App Links host (docs/android/APP_LINKS.md). autoVerify needs a
+        // *literal* host at build time, so a single multi-tenant APK cannot verify
+        // open-ended shard domains: App Links are a build-time opt-in. Left empty for
+        // the generic build (custom scheme only); a white-label/first-party build
+        // bakes one host with `-PappLinkHost=play.myshard.com`.
+        //   • BuildConfig.APP_LINK_HOST — SsoAuthManager reads it to pick the redirect.
+        //   • manifestPlaceholder appLinkHost — substituted into the intent-filter host;
+        //     empty falls back to the reserved `.invalid` sentinel so the autoVerify
+        //     filter is inert (matches no real link, never verifies).
+        val appLinkHost = (project.findProperty("appLinkHost") as String?)?.trim().orEmpty()
+        buildConfigField("String", "APP_LINK_HOST", "\"$appLinkHost\"")
+        manifestPlaceholders["appLinkHost"] = appLinkHost.ifBlank { "runic-gateway.invalid" }
     }
 
     signingConfigs {

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
             <!-- Native SSO callback (M9, PLAN.md §4.2). The bridge deep-links the
                  one-time authorization code back to this fixed, app-owned custom
                  scheme; it must match SsoAuthManager.REDIRECT_URI and the backend's
-                 MOBILE_AUTH_REDIRECT_URIS allowlist exactly. Custom scheme only for
+                 MOBILE_AUTH_REDIRECT_URIS allowlist exactly. This is the permanent
-                 now — HTTPS App Links are deferred (docs/android/APP_LINKS.md). -->
+                 fallback on every build (docs/android/APP_LINKS.md). -->
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
@@ -50,6 +50,22 @@
                     android:host="auth"
                     android:path="/callback" />
             </intent-filter>
+
+            <!-- App Links hardening (docs/android/APP_LINKS.md): a verified https
+                 callback that only the domain's real owner can claim. autoVerify
+                 needs a literal host, so ${appLinkHost} is baked at build time
+                 (build.gradle.kts). The generic build leaves it as the reserved
+                 runic-gateway.invalid sentinel — the filter then matches no real
+                 link and never verifies. A white-label build sets -PappLinkHost. -->
+            <intent-filter android:autoVerify="true">
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+                <data
+                    android:scheme="https"
+                    android:host="${appLinkHost}"
+                    android:path="/mobile/callback" />
+            </intent-filter>
         </activity>
 
         <!-- The embedded distributor's persistent ntfy connection (M7, PLAN.md §11).

app/src/main/java/com/runicgateway/app/MainActivity.kt

@@ -108,14 +108,18 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Route a `runicgateway://auth/callback` VIEW intent into the SSO bridge (M9,
+     * Route an SSO callback VIEW intent into the bridge (M9, §4.2): either the
-     * §4.2). Runs on the activity's lifecycle scope; the exchange result surfaces
+     * custom-scheme `runicgateway://auth/callback` (always) or the verified https
-     * on `SsoAuthManager.outcome` (success signs the session in; failure is shown
+     * App Link `https://<paired-host>/mobile/callback` (opt-in hardening —
-     * on the login screen). Non-callback intents are ignored.
+     * docs/android/APP_LINKS.md). Both feed the *same* exchange; the result surfaces
+     * on `SsoAuthManager.outcome` (success signs the session in; failure shows on the
+     * login screen). Non-callback intents are ignored.
      */
     private fun handleSsoCallback(intent: Intent?) {
         val data: Uri = intent?.takeIf { it.action == Intent.ACTION_VIEW }?.data ?: return
-        if (!ssoAuthManager.matchesCallback(data.scheme, data.host, data.path)) return
+        val isCallback = ssoAuthManager.matchesCallback(data.scheme, data.host, data.path) ||
+            ssoAuthManager.matchesAppLinkCallback(data.scheme, data.host, data.path)
+        if (!isCallback) return
         val state = data.getQueryParameter("state")
         val code = data.getQueryParameter("code")
         val error = data.getQueryParameter("error")

app/src/main/java/com/runicgateway/app/core/auth/sso/SsoAuthManager.kt

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 package com.runicgateway.app.core.auth.sso
 
+import com.runicgateway.app.BuildConfig
 import com.runicgateway.app.core.auth.SessionManager
 import com.runicgateway.app.core.net.BaseUrlHolder
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.SsoApi
@@ -78,6 +79,14 @@ class SsoAuthManager @Inject constructor(
 
     private val pending = AtomicReference<Pending?>(null)
 
+    /**
+     * The host this build baked an App Link intent-filter for (`BuildConfig.APP_LINK_HOST`,
+     * empty on the generic multi-tenant build — see docs/android/APP_LINKS.md).
+     * `internal var` only so unit tests can exercise the App Link path without a build
+     * flavor; production never reassigns it.
+     */
+    internal var appLinkHost: String = BuildConfig.APP_LINK_HOST
+
     private val _outcome = MutableStateFlow<Outcome>(Outcome.Idle)
     val outcome: StateFlow<Outcome> = _outcome.asStateFlow()
 
@@ -104,15 +113,42 @@ class SsoAuthManager @Inject constructor(
             .addQueryParameter("provider", providerId)
             .addQueryParameter("code_challenge", challenge)
             .addQueryParameter("state", state)
-            .addQueryParameter("redirect_uri", REDIRECT_URI)
+            .addQueryParameter("redirect_uri", redirectUriFor(base.host))
             .build()
             .toString()
     }
 
-    /** True if a deep link's scheme/host/path are our fixed SSO callback. */
+    /**
+     * The `redirect_uri` to request for a shard on [pairedHost]: the verified https
+     * App Link callback **iff** this build baked an App Link host that matches the
+     * paired host (a white-label/first-party build for exactly this shard — which is
+     * also responsible for enabling `mobile_app_links_enabled` server-side); otherwise
+     * the fixed custom-scheme callback, which every build/shard always supports.
+     */
+    private fun redirectUriFor(pairedHost: String): String =
+        if (appLinkHost.isNotBlank() && appLinkHost.equals(pairedHost, ignoreCase = true)) {
+            "https://$pairedHost$APP_LINK_CALLBACK_PATH"
+        } else {
+            REDIRECT_URI
+        }
+
+    /** True if a deep link's scheme/host/path are our fixed custom-scheme SSO callback. */
     fun matchesCallback(scheme: String?, host: String?, path: String?): Boolean =
         scheme == CALLBACK_SCHEME && host == CALLBACK_HOST && path == CALLBACK_PATH
 
+    /**
+     * True if a deep link is a verified https App Link callback for the shard we are
+     * **currently paired to**. The `host == pairedHost` check is defense-in-depth:
+     * `autoVerify` already means only a real, opted-in shard domain can route here,
+     * but the app still refuses an https callback whose host isn't the paired shard.
+     * Returns false before a shard is configured (no paired host to trust).
+     */
+    fun matchesAppLinkCallback(scheme: String?, host: String?, path: String?): Boolean {
+        val pairedHost = baseUrlHolder.current?.host ?: return false
+        return scheme == "https" && path == APP_LINK_CALLBACK_PATH &&
+            host != null && host.equals(pairedHost, ignoreCase = true)
+    }
+
     /**
      * Handle the parsed callback params from a returned [REDIRECT_URI] deep link:
      * verify `state`, map an `error`, else exchange the `code` and sign in.
@@ -191,5 +227,12 @@ class SsoAuthManager @Inject constructor(
          * the intent-filter in `AndroidManifest.xml` exactly (PLAN.md §4.2).
          */
         const val REDIRECT_URI = "$CALLBACK_SCHEME://$CALLBACK_HOST$CALLBACK_PATH"
+
+        /**
+         * Path of the verified https App Link callback (`https://<shard-host>/mobile/callback`).
+         * Must match the app's `autoVerify` intent-filter in `AndroidManifest.xml` and the
+         * backend's self-origin allowlist entry (docs/android/APP_LINKS.md §3.2/§4.2).
+         */
+        const val APP_LINK_CALLBACK_PATH = "/mobile/callback"
     }
 }

app/src/test/java/com/runicgateway/app/core/auth/sso/SsoAuthManagerTest.kt

@@ -179,4 +179,45 @@ class SsoAuthManagerTest {
         assertTrue(!mgr.matchesCallback("runicgateway", "auth", "/other"))
         assertTrue(!mgr.matchesCallback("runicgateway", "evil", "/callback"))
     }
+
+    // ── App Links (docs/android/APP_LINKS.md) ────────────────────────────────
+
+    @Test fun `matchesAppLinkCallback accepts only https, the app-link path, and the paired host`() {
+        val mgr = managerWith(FakeSsoApi { Response.success(tokenPair()) }, SessionManager(FakeTokenStore()))
+        // Paired to shard.example.com (managerWith default base).
+        assertTrue(mgr.matchesAppLinkCallback("https", "shard.example.com", "/mobile/callback"))
+        // Host-trust: a foreign host is refused even over https + right path.
+        assertTrue(!mgr.matchesAppLinkCallback("https", "evil.example.com", "/mobile/callback"))
+        // Wrong scheme / wrong path.
+        assertTrue(!mgr.matchesAppLinkCallback("http", "shard.example.com", "/mobile/callback"))
+        assertTrue(!mgr.matchesAppLinkCallback("https", "shard.example.com", "/callback"))
+        // Host match is case-insensitive.
+        assertTrue(mgr.matchesAppLinkCallback("https", "SHARD.EXAMPLE.COM", "/mobile/callback"))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun `matchesAppLinkCallback is false before a shard is paired`() {
+        val mgr = managerWith(FakeSsoApi { Response.success(tokenPair()) }, SessionManager(FakeTokenStore()), base = null)
+        assertTrue(!mgr.matchesAppLinkCallback("https", "shard.example.com", "/mobile/callback"))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun `buildStartUrl requests the custom scheme when no app-link host is baked`() {
+        val mgr = managerWith(FakeSsoApi { Response.success(tokenPair()) }, SessionManager(FakeTokenStore()))
+        // Generic build: appLinkHost defaults to BuildConfig.APP_LINK_HOST ("" in tests).
+        val redirect = mgr.buildStartUrl("google")!!.toHttpUrl().queryParameter("redirect_uri")
+        assertEquals(SsoAuthManager.REDIRECT_URI, redirect)
+    }
+
+    @Test fun `buildStartUrl requests the https app-link callback when the baked host matches the paired host`() {
+        val mgr = managerWith(FakeSsoApi { Response.success(tokenPair()) }, SessionManager(FakeTokenStore()))
+        mgr.appLinkHost = "shard.example.com" // white-label build baked this shard's host
+        val redirect = mgr.buildStartUrl("google")!!.toHttpUrl().queryParameter("redirect_uri")
+        assertEquals("https://shard.example.com/mobile/callback", redirect)
+    }
+
+    @Test fun `buildStartUrl falls back to the custom scheme when the baked host does not match the paired shard`() {
+        val mgr = managerWith(FakeSsoApi { Response.success(tokenPair()) }, SessionManager(FakeTokenStore()))
+        mgr.appLinkHost = "other-shard.example.com" // built for a different shard than the paired one
+        val redirect = mgr.buildStartUrl("google")!!.toHttpUrl().queryParameter("redirect_uri")
+        assertEquals(SsoAuthManager.REDIRECT_URI, redirect)
+    }
 }