Android apps can have a number of associated web addresses that they can open, to open the appropriate app instead of the web version of the service. There are three things that can happen when you tap one of these links: open in the browser, open on the web, or Android asks you what you want to open it with. With Android 12, this option is not available.
Android 12 slightly changes how the supported links work, disappearance of the option “Always ask”. Fortunately, it is possible to bring it back via the free Better Open With app.
Advanced management of which application opens what
When you click on a YouTube link, the system must choose between opening it in the web browser or in the YouTube app. This is what Android calls “supported links”, and you can find which apps can open which links on the info page, at Open by default.
For example, the YouTube app can open links from Youtube, m.youtube.com, youtube.com Yes www.youtube.com, although that doesn’t mean it will. In Android 11 and earlier, you can choose between app opening links, never opening, or that they always ask you.
In Android 12 the option to always ask disappears, so if you were to open the links sometimes with the app and sometimes with the web, you would have to constantly go to the settings and change the option.
There is a way to have similar functionality with the free app Better open with, What should you set as default browser. The grace of the matter is that the application will take care of showing you its own menu of Open with, which you can configure as you like.
Continuing with the previous example, if you want to be asked every time if you want to open YouTube links with the app or on the web, you should configure Better Open With as your default browser app, and in the settings of the YouTube application, disable Open supported links.
As a result, the next time you get a window where you will be asked what do you want to wear And that, in addition, he chooses for you if you do not make a decision in X seconds. You can use the app for any other kind of links and actions where you want to customize the Android Open menu.
