Force Open Links in Corresponding Native App in iOS

Since Twitter changed its name to X, I can no longer tap on twitter.com links in my iPhone to open them in the native twitter/X app, but instead it just launches the default browser and opens the link. This is really annoying. I have tried restarting my iPhone several times, and even uninstalled and reinstalled X, but all to no avail. Until I found this post:

Why in the heck can’t I get twitter links in discord or texts to open in the twitter app instead of browser? : r/ios (reddit.com)

And here’s the quote:

If it also happens in texts and not just in-app web browsers then do the following steps.

1. Copy the full Twitter link into notepad

2. save the note

3. then in the note, long press on the link. You’ll see multiple options.

4. select open in twitter.

That should force all Twitter links to open the app from anywhere. Note that many apps force you to use their in app browser and unless there is a setting to disable that, nothing you can do.

This simple trick solves the problem!