Hi @MichaelCurrin ,
Thank you so much for your reply and for replying so quickly. I got it to work and the linking is successful. This was basically needed to setup deep links in my app. Hence this config file was needed in order for Google to verify if the domain belongs to me or not.
About the placement of the .well-known folder, initially I was a little confused as to where it has to be placed. Tried the root folder which failed and then the _pages folder and it worked.
Thanks a lot!