Add support for setting the app launch url#319
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Why
We should allow Expo Agent to tell Orbit to open a specific deep link when installing a dev client build on a device. so that we can point the app at the correct development server instance.
How
Added an optional
launchURLparameter to the/downloaddeeplink. This also includes changes in:--launch-urlis provided, uses the existingopenURLAsynchelpers instead of the normal app launch. Falls back to the default launch if the URL open fails./downloaddeeplink route extracts the optionallaunchURLfrom search params. Added a newDownloadDeeplinkURLTypeto the discriminated union to carry this field.Test Plan
launchURLparsinghttp://127.0.0.1:47909/orbit/open?url=expo-orbit%3A%2F%2F%2Fdownload%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fexpo.dev%252Fartifacts%252Feas%252Fv3WshxGCF87UzsHSxfRnAh.tar.gz%26launchURL%3Dmyapp%253A%252F%252Fexpo-development-client%252F%253Furl%253Dhttp%253A%252F%252Flocalhost%253A8081