How to open my android app on tapping a file?

I want to enable my ionic angular app to appear as an option when users tap on .gpx files on an android device.

To do it, I edited my AndroidManifest.xml, but couldn't make it work. Now, my manifest is as follows:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<application
android:allowBackup="false"
android:fullBackupContent="false"
android:largeHeap="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true">
<activity
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|uiMode|navigation"
android:exported="true"
android:label="@string/title_activity_main"
android:launchMode="singleInstance"
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBarLaunch">
<!-- Primary filter for GPX with correct MIME type -->
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="content" />
<data android:mimeType="application/gpx+xml" />
</intent-filter>

<!-- Fallback filter for content URI with any MIME type but .gpx extension -->
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="content" />
<data android:mimeType="*/*" />
<data android:host="*" />
<data androidathPattern=".*\\.gpx" />
</intent-filter>

<!-- Filter for file:// URIs with .gpx extension -->
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="file" />
<data android:mimeType="*/*" />
<data androidathPattern=".*\\.gpx" />
</intent-filter>

<!-- Additional filters for common MIME types used for GPX files -->
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="content" />
<data android:mimeType="application/xml" />
</intent-filter>

<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="content" />
<data android:mimeType="text/xml" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<provider
android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true"
android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider">
<meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />
</provider>
<receiver android:name="io.capawesome.capacitorjs.plugins.foregroundservice.NotificationActionBroadcastReceiver" />
<service
android:name="io.capawesome.capacitorjs.plugins.foregroundservice.AndroidForegroundService"
android:foregroundServiceType="location"
android:stopWithTask="true" />
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.gps" />
</manifest>


I checked it on my android 15 device. I tapped on a .gpx file on two different file managers as well as on a file shared via whatsapp, but my app never shows up

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