I have found multiple solutions to prevent an iOS web app from opening normal links in mobile Safari, unfortunately they do not work for links containing parameters, e.g.
href="index.php?s=example"
These are still opened in mobile Safari.
The shortest solution for normal links I have found thus far can be found here at stackoverflow. Maybe someone can modify that script?
Try 4 years old github gist. I used it and it works.
You can use it by bower
:
bower install --save iosweblinks
May be you have javascript errors on page and handlers do not call?
P.S. My modified script for prevent opening links in Safari in standalone
mode:
(function (standalone) {
if (!standalone) {
return;
}
document.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
var element = e.target,
href = '';
while (!/^(a|html)$/i.test(element.nodeName)) {
element = element.parentNode;
}
if (element.getAttribute) {
href = element.getAttribute('href');
if ('' !== href && '#' !== href && null !== href && (!element.protocol || element.protocol !== 'tel:')) {
e.preventDefault();
window.location = element.href;
}
}
}, false);
}(window.navigator.standalone));