Reintroduce "Improve HybridApp initialProps"

[war-in]

Explanation of Change

Reverts #63166

This PR moves the HybridApp sign-in logic from InitialURLContextProvider to a separate component.
We also no longer send url updates (deeplinks, shortcuts) in the App initial properties but use React Native Linking module to do so. That way, we can remove an OD patch and split the logic

Fixed Issues

$ #62857
PROPOSAL:
MOBILE-EXPENSIFY: https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13589

Tests

We need to test every flow that opens the app

• shortcuts
• deeplinks
• notifications
• clicking on the icon

Shortcuts

1. Check if clicking on a shortcut redirects to the correct place
2. Test this flow when the app is closed and is in the background

Deeplinks

1. Click on NewDot deeplink and check if it's opened correctly
2. Click on OldDot deeplink and check if it's opened correctly
3. Test those flows when the app is closed and is in the background

Notifications

1. Click on the notification and verify if it leads to the correct place
2. Test this flow when the app is closed and is in the background

---

1. Open the app and verify if it's opened in Inbox (or the previous screen when in the background)
2. Check if switching experiences works fine

Offline tests

QA Steps

We need to test every flow that opens the app

• shortcuts
• deeplinks
• notifications
• clicking on the icon

Shortcuts

1. Check if clicking on a shortcut redirects to the correct place
2. Test this flow when the app is closed and is in the background

Deeplinks

1. Click on NewDot deeplink and check if it's opened correctly
2. Click on OldDot deeplink and check if it's opened correctly
3. Test those flows when the app is closed and is in the background

Notifications

1. Click on the notification and verify if it leads to the correct place
2. Test this flow when the app is closed and is in the background

---

1. Open the app and verify if it's opened in Inbox (or the previous screen when in the background)
2. Check if switching experiences works fine

PR Author Checklist

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Screenshots/Videos

Android: Native

init.prosp.-.android.mov

Android: mWeb Chrome

init.props.-.android.web.mov

iOS: Native

ios.native.mov

iOS: mWeb Safari

ios.web.mov

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

init.props.-.web.mov

MacOS: Desktop

init.props.-.desktop.mov

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Reviewer Checklist

• I have verified the author checklist is complete (all boxes are checked off).
• I verified the correct issue is linked in the ### Fixed Issues section above
• I verified testing steps are clear and they cover the changes made in this PR
  • I verified the steps for local testing are in the Tests section
  • I verified the steps for Staging and/or Production testing are in the QA steps section
  • I verified the steps cover any possible failure scenarios (i.e. verify an input displays the correct error message if the entered data is not correct)
  • I turned off my network connection and tested it while offline to ensure it matches the expected behavior (i.e. verify the default avatar icon is displayed if app is offline)
• I checked that screenshots or videos are included for tests on all platforms
• I included screenshots or videos for tests on all platforms
• I verified that the composer does not automatically focus or open the keyboard on mobile unless explicitly intended. This includes checking that returning the app from the background does not unexpectedly open the keyboard.
• I verified tests pass on all platforms & I tested again on:
  • Android: HybridApp
  • Android: mWeb Chrome
  • iOS: HybridApp
  • iOS: mWeb Safari
  • MacOS: Chrome / Safari
  • MacOS: Desktop
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  • I verified that comments were added to code that is not self explanatory
  • I verified that any new or modified comments were clear, correct English, and explained "why" the code was doing something instead of only explaining "what" the code was doing.
  • I verified any copy / text shown in the product is localized by adding it to src/languages/* files and using the translation method
  • I verified all numbers, amounts, dates and phone numbers shown in the product are using the localization methods
  • I verified any copy / text that was added to the app is grammatically correct in English. It adheres to proper capitalization guidelines (note: only the first word of header/labels should be capitalized), and is either coming verbatim from figma or has been approved by marketing (in order to get marketing approval, ask the Bug Zero team member to add the Waiting for copy label to the issue)
  • I verified proper file naming conventions were followed for any new files or renamed files. All non-platform specific files are named after what they export and are not named "index.js". All platform-specific files are named for the platform the code supports as outlined in the README.
  • I verified the JSDocs style guidelines (in STYLE.md) were followed
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Screenshots/Videos

Android: HybridApp

Screen.Recording.2025-06-08.at.9.27.35.PM.mov

Android: mWeb Chrome

iOS: HybridApp

ScreenRecording_06-08-2025.21-13-28_1.MP4

ScreenRecording_06-08-2025.21-11-50_1.MP4

iOS: mWeb Safari

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

MacOS: Desktop

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[allgandalf]

Lets merge this with:

• https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13589#

[allgandalf]

hmmm, wait a minute:

On android. if i kill the app and try opening a shortcut via long tap, it doesn't take me to the intended shortcut:

Note: you need to kill the app completely to see this, also this bug is not reproducible for iOS, its android only:

Screen.Recording.2025-06-08.at.9.23.54.PM.mov

[war-in]

@allgandalf thanks for noticing! I must have broken this in a few last commits 👀
Looking into this now

[war-in]

Hmm interesting, it seems to work fine on debug builds but not on release 😅

[allgandalf]

maybe because the adhoc didn’t take into account the mobile app PR?

[war-in]

maybe because the adhoc didn’t take into account the mobile app PR?

I did a local release build so I don't think it's the case 🤔
I'd say that there can be a race condition when sending intents to ND but I have to dig deeper

[war-in]

@allgandalf it should be fixed in https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13589/commits/fd1bb23d71f60baedadc9f5288947623f49a9820

Thanks for noticing 🙏

[mjasikowski]

@mateuuszzzzz waiting for your review and we're merging this

[mountiny]

@allgandalf did you retest the latest commit?

[allgandalf]

Yeah! I tested on local build and it worked as expected, but if you want me to test on a release, then please re-run the adhoc build and i would be happy to test on that one as well 😄

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🍎 iOS 🍎	success ✅

[dangrous]

Coming from #63987 (review) (linked above) - fixing a deploy blocker here - can we get some extra eyes on it before merging? Thank you!

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