add warning around androidScheme with Android webview 117

android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java

@@ -301,6 +301,13 @@ private boolean validateScheme(String scheme) {
             return false;
         }
 
+        // Non-http(s) schemes are not allowed to modify the URL path as of Android Webview 117
+        if (!scheme.equals("http") && !scheme.equals("https")) {
+            Logger.warn(
+                "Using a non-standard scheme: " + scheme + " for Android. This is known to cause issues as of Android Webview 117."
+            );
+        }
+
         return true;
     }
 

cli/src/declarations.ts

@@ -475,6 +475,11 @@ export interface CapacitorConfig {
     /**
      * Configure the local scheme on Android.
      *
+     * Custom schemes on Android are unable to change the URL path as of Webview 117. Changing this value from anything other than `http` or `https` can result in your
+     * application unable to resolve routing. If you must change this for some reason, consider using a hash-based url strategy, but there are no guarentees that this
+     * will continue to work long term as allowing non-standard schemes to modify query parameters and url fragments is only allowed for compatibility reasons.
+     * https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/4701743
+     *
      * @since 1.2.0
      * @default https
      */