Direct Link to other Android App

Summary:

We have developed a plugin to direct a user to an external Android app using the OOTB functionality - the same that is used to direct a user to the Google Maps app for navigation. The url defined in the plugin has the url for the app and an OFS variable to ensure the correct page is opened.

https://url_for_app/search.html?productCode={EL_EQ_COMM_PRODUCT}

This isn't working as expected and the user is kept inside OFS rather than opening the other app. If used in a browser a new tab opens on the correct page.