Is it possible to prevent native mobile apps from capturing browser hyperlinks?
Context
When authenticating the Instragram API from our website for mobile devices, the Instagram application captures the login URL link in the pop-up window that opens. This causes the application to try re-opening the URL previously captured back to a new, unrelated browser tab.
Side effects of this behavior are as follows:
- If you have multiple browsers, a pop-up window appears with a choice of browser.
- If you opened authentication in a new window or tab, it is
window.parentnot installed, so the attempt to automatically close the login pop-up using self.close()does not work. (Very important in our authentication flow).
This behavior is observed on Android, but our magazines also say that this happens on the iPhone. So, again, can you prevent native mobile apps from capturing browser hyperlinks?
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