1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/view/com/util/Link.tsx b/src/view/com/util/Link.tsx
index dcbec7cb4..db26258d6 100644
--- a/src/view/com/util/Link.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/util/Link.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React, {ComponentProps, memo, useMemo} from 'react'
 import {
-  Linking,
   GestureResponderEvent,
   Platform,
   StyleProp,
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ import {sanitizeUrl} from '@braintree/sanitize-url'
 import {PressableWithHover} from './PressableWithHover'
 import FixedTouchableHighlight from '../pager/FixedTouchableHighlight'
 import {useModalControls} from '#/state/modals'
+import {useOpenLink} from '#/state/preferences/in-app-browser'
 
 type Event =
   | React.MouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement, MouseEvent>
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export const Link = memo(function Link({
   const {closeModal} = useModalControls()
   const navigation = useNavigation<NavigationProp>()
   const anchorHref = asAnchor ? sanitizeUrl(href) : undefined
+  const openLink = useOpenLink()
 
   const onPress = React.useCallback(
     (e?: Event) => {
@@ -74,11 +75,12 @@ export const Link = memo(function Link({
           navigation,
           sanitizeUrl(href),
           navigationAction,
+          openLink,
           e,
         )
       }
     },
-    [closeModal, navigation, navigationAction, href],
+    [closeModal, navigation, navigationAction, href, openLink],
   )
 
   if (noFeedback) {
@@ -172,6 +174,7 @@ export const TextLink = memo(function TextLink({
   const {...props} = useLinkProps({to: sanitizeUrl(href)})
   const navigation = useNavigation<NavigationProp>()
   const {openModal, closeModal} = useModalControls()
+  const openLink = useOpenLink()
 
   if (warnOnMismatchingLabel && typeof text !== 'string') {
     console.error('Unable to detect mismatching label')
@@ -200,6 +203,7 @@ export const TextLink = memo(function TextLink({
         navigation,
         sanitizeUrl(href),
         navigationAction,
+        openLink,
         e,
       )
     },
@@ -212,6 +216,7 @@ export const TextLink = memo(function TextLink({
       text,
       warnOnMismatchingLabel,
       navigationAction,
+      openLink,
     ],
   )
   const hrefAttrs = useMemo(() => {
@@ -301,6 +306,8 @@ export const TextLinkOnWebOnly = memo(function DesktopWebTextLink({
   )
 })
 
+const EXEMPT_PATHS = ['/robots.txt', '/security.txt', '/.well-known/']
+
 // NOTE
 // we can't use the onPress given by useLinkProps because it will
 // match most paths to the HomeTab routes while we actually want to
@@ -317,6 +324,7 @@ function onPressInner(
   navigation: NavigationProp,
   href: string,
   navigationAction: 'push' | 'replace' | 'navigate' = 'push',
+  openLink: (href: string) => void,
   e?: Event,
 ) {
   let shouldHandle = false
@@ -344,8 +352,13 @@ function onPressInner(
 
   if (shouldHandle) {
     href = convertBskyAppUrlIfNeeded(href)
-    if (newTab || href.startsWith('http') || href.startsWith('mailto')) {
-      Linking.openURL(href)
+    if (
+      newTab ||
+      href.startsWith('http') ||
+      href.startsWith('mailto') ||
+      EXEMPT_PATHS.some(path => href.startsWith(path))
+    ) {
+      openLink(href)
     } else {
       closeModal() // close any active modals