[SalesForce] Getting RecordTypeId selected from ‘Record Type Selection’ Page, in a lightning component that overrides create screen

Ok, so I found the problem. It was in this line:

return new PageReference('/setup/ui/recordtypeselect.jsp?ent=Account&nooverride=1');

When I removed the override of the new button and tried to create a new Account, I saw this URL:

https://cs18.salesforce.com/setup/ui/recordtypeselect.jsp?ent=Account&retURL=%2F001%2Fo&save_new_url=%2F001%2Fe%3FretURL%3D%252F001%252Fo

Note this save_new_url parameter in there. After I added it to my PageReference everything works as it is supposed to(some profiles get a custom VF page and others go to standard record type selection and standard new layout):

return new PageReference('/setup/ui/recordtypeselect.jsp?ent=Account&nooverride=1&save_new_url=%2F001%2Fe');

And actually I don't even need this if anymore(that checks for RecordType parameter), so the code was reduced to this:

public PageReference redirect() {
    if (!shouldSkipRecordTypeSelection(u)) { // a simple if that checks user's profile and returns true if record type selection should be skipped
        return new PageReference('/setup/ui/recordtypeselect.jsp?ent=Account&nooverride=1&save_new_url=%2F001%2Fe');
    }
    return null;
}

EDIT

As sfdcweb mentioned is his comment, this will not work for custom objects by simple changing the ent property to MyCustomObject__c.

To make it work for custom objects too you will have to use the 15 character id of that custom object. To find it, go to:

• Setup
• Create
• Objects
• Select your object and check the URL in your browser(for example: https://cs87.salesforce.com/01I8E0000008XjE?setupid=CustomObjects)
• This is the id that we need(01I8E0000008XjE)

Then, just replace the ent=Account with ent=01I8E0000008XjE

not sure what you see when the redirection happens, but when I try the same in my dev org, it does redirect to the VF page from the record type selection page and the selected record type id comes in as a query string parameter.

here's the url in the record type selection page

https://{mySFDomain}/setup/ui/recordtypeselect.jsp?ent=Case&retURL=%2F500%2Fo&retURL%3D%252F500%252Fo&save_new_url=/apex/hello

and when i select a record type and click continue, i end up with this url

https://{myVFDomain}/apex/hello?RecordType=012900000015G4p&ent=Case&retURL%3D%252F500%252Fo

Note : I have used Case object in my dev org.. and don't think it will behave different for a custom object, so this should work for you as well.