Allow Universal Links to Open Other Apps

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Control how universal links are handled within Kiosk Pro. Universal links are standard web URLs that are associated with a native app on the device. For example, a link to 'https://www.youtube.com' can open the YouTube app if it is installed.

If disabled, a universal link will always open within Kiosk Pro and display the web content associated with that URL. If enabled, a universal link will open the associated native app if it is installed on the device and the request is not blocked by Guided Access or Single App Mode.

Certain types of navigation will always open in the Kiosk Pro web view regardless of this setting:

• links opened from the navigation bar Quick Links or custom links
• URLs entered directly in the address bar
• Kiosk Pro custom link commands like 'kiosk://newTab?url=...'
• PDF URLs when Kiosk Pro's PDF viewer is in use
• Kiosk Pro image gallery URLs

In these cases, iOS/iPadOS treats the navigation as type "Other" and will not check for an associated native app. This matches the behavior seen in Safari when entering a URL directly in the address bar.

In Kiosk Pro Lite, a universal link will always attempt to open the associated native app if it is installed on the device and the request is not blocked by Guided Access or Single App Mode.