From 8e4ca9ca9e69f398b9748290d856d2b405c14bbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Hogan <2590098+robhogan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 13:29:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Send the visual deep link once on iOS

#59518 sends each visual example's deep link twice, so a slow Android emulator can't drop it before RNTester's JS Linking listener is registered. On iOS, each link raises an "Open in RNTester?" dialog and only one is accepted, so `border` fails its first attempt in every iOS capture job and leaves RNTester on the Border example. `button/default-styling/default` then captures that screen, which fails the iOS visual check on unrelated PRs. The second link is now sent on Android only.

Changelog: [Internal]
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 .../visual-tests/helpers/open-example.yml          | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/visual-tests/helpers/open-example.yml b/packages/rn-tester/visual-tests/helpers/open-example.yml
index 1c6e4e16258a..fdbb6e6fda00 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/visual-tests/helpers/open-example.yml
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/visual-tests/helpers/open-example.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,17 @@ appId: ${APP_ID} # iOS: com.meta.RNTester.localDevelopment | Android: com.facebo
 - waitForAnimationToEnd:
     timeout: 30000
 - openLink: ${EXAMPLE_URL}
-- waitForAnimationToEnd:
-    timeout: 15000
-- openLink: ${EXAMPLE_URL}
+# On a slow Android emulator, the first link can arrive before the JS Linking
+# listener is registered and be dropped, so Android sends it again once settled.
+# On iOS, each link raises an "Open in RNTester?" dialog, so it's sent once and
+# accepted. A second, unaccepted dialog leaves RNTester on the previous screen.
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: Android
+    commands:
+      - waitForAnimationToEnd:
+          timeout: 15000
+      - openLink: ${EXAMPLE_URL}
 - runFlow:
     when:
       platform: iOS