diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 8482224..2ab87e2 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
             android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
             android:exported="true"
             android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
-            android:launchMode="singleTop"
+            android:launchMode="singleTask"
             android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
             android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
             <!-- Specifies an Android theme to apply to this Activity as soon as
@@ -90,5 +90,16 @@
         <meta-data
             android:name="flutterEmbedding"
             android:value="2" />
+        <!-- Disable Flutter's built-in auto-deep-link route push: without this, FlutterActivity
+             forwards the raw VIEW intent URI (e.g. "mowatercustomer://ad/1541") straight to the
+             Navigator as a route name on cold start, before AdDeepLinkService ever runs. Since
+             that string isn't a registered route, it collides with the app's own bootstrap
+             navigation (splash to login flow), confirmed on a real device: this caused an
+             "_elements.contains(element)" crash in debug and a silent black screen hang in
+             release. app_links + AdDeepLinkService already handle every deep link deliberately,
+             so the native auto-forwarding must stay off. -->
+        <meta-data
+            android:name="flutter_deeplinking_enabled"
+            android:value="false" />
     </application>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index df98301..95a9c1c 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import 'package:mc_common_app/repositories/request_repo.dart';
 import 'package:mc_common_app/repositories/setting_options_repo.dart';
 import 'package:mc_common_app/services/ad_deep_link_service.dart';
 import 'package:mc_common_app/services/firebase_service.dart';
+import 'package:mc_common_app/views/splash/splash_page.dart';
 import 'package:mc_common_app/utils/location/Location.dart';
 import 'package:mc_common_app/view_models/appointments_view_model.dart';
 import 'package:mc_common_app/view_models/chat_view_model.dart';
@@ -177,11 +178,45 @@ class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
             locale: context.locale,
             initialRoute: AppRoutes.initialRoute,
             routes: CustomerAppRoutes.routes,
+            navigatorObservers: [AdDeepLinkService.routeObserver],
+            // Confirmed on a real device, two different unknown-route cases land here:
+            // 1) Cold-start restoration can try to regenerate a bare "/" instead of
+            //    respecting initialRoute -- uncaught, that's a "Could not find a generator
+            //    for route" crash before AdDeepLinkService ever runs. Splash is a real,
+            //    correct landing page for this one.
+            // 2) On an ALREADY-RUNNING app, Android's Flutter embedding auto-forwards the
+            //    incoming deep-link intent's path as its own route push (e.g. "/1541" from
+            //    mowatercustomer://ad/1541) independently of app_links/AdDeepLinkService,
+            //    which already handles that same uri correctly. Since "/1541" isn't a real
+            //    route, it used to fall into case 1 and push Splash right over whatever
+            //    screen (e.g. the dashboard) was already showing -- looking exactly like the
+            //    app had restarted. Anything other than bare "/" must be a no-op here: push
+            //    something inert that removes itself immediately instead of a real page.
+            onUnknownRoute: (settings) {
+              if (settings.name == '/') {
+                return MaterialPageRoute(builder: (_) => const SplashPage());
+              }
+              // Remove THIS specific route once inserted, not just "whatever is on top" --
+              // AdDeepLinkService's own (legitimate) push can land after this one, and a
+              // plain Navigator.pop() would close that instead of this inert placeholder.
+              late final PageRoute<void> route;
+              route = PageRouteBuilder<void>(
+                settings: const RouteSettings(name: AdDeepLinkService.ignoredPlaceholderRouteName),
+                opaque: false,
+                transitionDuration: Duration.zero,
+                reverseTransitionDuration: Duration.zero,
+                pageBuilder: (context, __, ___) {
+                  WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
+                    if (route.isActive) route.navigator?.removeRoute(route);
+                  });
+                  return const SizedBox.shrink();
+                },
+              );
+              return route;
+            },
           ),
         );
       },
     );
   }
 }
-
-
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index b46332d..e9bfebe 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ dependencies:
   cupertino_icons: ^1.0.2
 
   mc_common_app:
-#   path: /Users/faiz-hashmi/StudioProjects/mowater_apps/car_common_app
-#    path: /Volumes/Data/Projects/Flutter_Projects/mowater_apps/car_common_app
-#    path: /Users/faizhashmi/Development/Projects/MyProjects/CloudSolutions/car_common_app
-     path: ../car_common_app
+    #   path: /Users/faiz-hashmi/StudioProjects/mowater_apps/car_common_app
+    #    path: /Volumes/Data/Projects/Flutter_Projects/mowater_apps/car_common_app
+    #    path: /Users/faizhashmi/Development/Projects/MyProjects/CloudSolutions/car_common_app
+    path: ../car_common_app