diff --git a/native/navigation/invite-link-handler.react.js b/native/navigation/invite-link-handler.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/navigation/invite-link-handler.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// @flow
+
+import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { Linking } from 'react-native';
+
+import {
+  verifyInviteLink,
+  verifyInviteLinkActionTypes,
+} from 'lib/actions/link-actions.js';
+import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
+import {
+  useDispatchActionPromise,
+  useServerCall,
+} from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
+
+import { InviteLinkModalRouteName } from './route-names.js';
+import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
+
+function InviteLinkHandler(): null {
+  const [currentLink, setCurrentLink] = React.useState(null);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    // This listener listens for an event where a user clicked a link when the
+    // app was running
+    Linking.addEventListener('url', ({ url }) => setCurrentLink(url));
+    // We're also checking if the app was opened by using an invite link.
+    // In that case the listener won't be called and we're instead checking
+    // if the initial URL is set.
+    (async () => {
+      const initialURL = await Linking.getInitialURL();
+      if (initialURL) {
+        setCurrentLink(initialURL);
+      }
+    })();
+  }, []);
+
+  const loggedIn = useSelector(isLoggedIn);
+  const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
+  const validateLink = useServerCall(verifyInviteLink);
+  const navigation = useNavigation();
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    (async () => {
+      if (!loggedIn || !currentLink) {
+        return;
+      }
+      // We're setting this to null so that we ensure that each link click
+      // results in at most one validation and navigation.
+      setCurrentLink(null);
+
+      const secret = parseSecret(currentLink);
+      if (!secret) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const validateLinkPromise = validateLink({ secret });
+      dispatchActionPromise(verifyInviteLinkActionTypes, validateLinkPromise);
+      const result = await validateLinkPromise;
+      if (result.status === 'already_joined') {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      navigation.navigate<'InviteLinkModal'>({
+        name: InviteLinkModalRouteName,
+        params: {
+          invitationDetails: result,
+          secret,
+        },
+      });
+    })();
+  }, [currentLink, dispatchActionPromise, loggedIn, navigation, validateLink]);
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+const urlRegex = /invite\/(\S+)$/;
+function parseSecret(url: string) {
+  const match = urlRegex.exec(url);
+  return match?.[1];
+}
+
+export default InviteLinkHandler;
diff --git a/native/navigation/navigation-handler.react.js b/native/navigation/navigation-handler.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/navigation-handler.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/navigation-handler.react.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 
 import { logInActionType, logOutActionType } from './action-types.js';
+import InviteLinkHandler from './invite-link-handler.react.js';
 import ModalPruner from './modal-pruner.react.js';
 import NavFromReduxHandler from './nav-from-redux-handler.react.js';
 import { useIsAppLoggedIn } from './nav-selectors.js';
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
         <ThreadScreenTracker />
         <ModalPruner navContext={navContext} />
         <PolicyAcknowledgmentHandler />
+        <InviteLinkHandler />
         {devTools}
       </>
     );