title: Is it possible to publish instant app without associated URL?
body: <p>According to <a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/08/streamlining-developer-experience-for.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> article (20 August, 2018) from Android Blog we can publish instant apps without associated URL:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Today, we've made it easier to build instant games and apps by
    removing the URL requirement. Previously, in order to publish an
    instant game you had to create a web destination for it. The website
    also had to be connected to the instant game through intent filters
    and digital asset links verification.</p>
    
    <p>Now, it is no longer required to add URL-based intent filters to your
    instant game. People will be able to access the instant experience
    through a 'Try Now' button in the Play Store or Play Games apps, via
    deep link API, and in the future through the app ads.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I've followed the latest Android <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/google-play-instant/getting-started/instant-enabled-app-bundle" rel="nofollow noreferrer">guide</a> to enable instant experience in my game. The guide doesn't mention anything about required URL verification. The app works on local device, but when I try to publish it to internal test track, I see the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Your Instant App APKs do not declare at least one web 'intent-filter'
    element with the attribute 'android:autoVerify' set to true in the
    Android Manifest.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Is it possible to publish instant app without associated URL? Like it's explained in the Android blog post with standard intent filter below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;intent-filter&gt;
     &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
     &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
  &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Probably Google has updated all guides but has forgotten to remove this check during instant app publishing? I hope so, because I don't want to create a web-site to be able to publish instant version of my game.</p>