title: Facebook Messenger opens built-in browser instead of deep linked app
body: <p>I have a Cordova app that uses the plugin <a href="https://github.com/nordnet/cordova-universal-links-plugin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cordova-universal-links-plugin</a>. The deep linking works on other social applications but not with Facebook Messenger. Instead, it opens the built-in browser and redirects it to the link.</p>
  <p>Here's my <code>config.xml</code></p>
  <pre><code>&lt;universal-links&gt;
      &lt;host name=&quot;myapp.com&quot;&gt;
          &lt;path event=&quot;openItemPage&quot; url=&quot;/item&quot; /&gt;
      &lt;/host&gt;
  &lt;/universal-links&gt;
  </code></pre>
  <p>And in my Cordova app:</p>
  <pre><code>document.addEventListener('deviceready', onDeviceReady, false);
  
  function onDeviceReady () {
      universalLinks.subscribe('openItemPage', (eventData) =&gt; {
          // more code here
      });
  }
  </code></pre>