diff --git a/native/navigation/invite-link-handler.react.js b/native/invite-links/invite-links-context-provider.react.js
rename from native/navigation/invite-link-handler.react.js
rename to native/invite-links/invite-links-context-provider.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/invite-link-handler.react.js
+++ b/native/invite-links/invite-links-context-provider.react.js
@@ -10,16 +10,32 @@
   verifyInviteLinkActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/link-actions.js';
 import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
+import type { SetState } from 'lib/types/hook-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
 } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 
-import { InviteLinkModalRouteName } from './route-names.js';
+import { InviteLinkModalRouteName } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useOnFirstLaunchEffect } from '../utils/hooks.js';
 
-function InviteLinkHandler(): null {
+type InviteLinksContextType = {
+  +setCurrentLinkUrl: SetState<string>,
+};
+
+const defaultContext = {
+  setCurrentLinkUrl: () => {},
+};
+
+const InviteLinksContext: React.Context<InviteLinksContextType> =
+  React.createContext<InviteLinksContextType>(defaultContext);
+
+type Props = {
+  +children: React.Node,
+};
+function InviteLinksContextProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const { children } = props;
   const [currentLink, setCurrentLink] = React.useState(null);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
@@ -93,7 +109,18 @@
     })();
   }, [currentLink, dispatchActionPromise, loggedIn, navigation, validateLink]);
 
-  return null;
+  const contextValue = React.useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      setCurrentLink,
+    }),
+    [],
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <InviteLinksContext.Provider value={contextValue}>
+      {children}
+    </InviteLinksContext.Provider>
+  );
 }
 
 const urlRegex = /invite\/(\S+)$/;
@@ -108,4 +135,4 @@
   return match?.[1];
 }
 
-export default InviteLinkHandler;
+export { InviteLinksContext, InviteLinksContextProvider };
diff --git a/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js b/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
--- a/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
+++ b/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, Linking, Alert } from 'react-native';
 
+import { inviteLinkUrl } from 'lib/facts/links.js';
+
 import {
   MarkdownContext,
   type MarkdownContextType,
@@ -11,9 +13,10 @@
 import { MarkdownSpoilerContext } from './markdown-spoiler-context.js';
 import { MessagePressResponderContext } from '../chat/message-press-responder-context.js';
 import { TextMessageMarkdownContext } from '../chat/text-message-markdown-context.js';
+import { InviteLinksContext } from '../invite-links/invite-links-context-provider.react.js';
 import { normalizeURL } from '../utils/url-utils.js';
 
-function useDisplayLinkPrompt(
+function useHandleLinkClick(
   inputURL: string,
   markdownContext: MarkdownContextType,
   messageKey: ?string,
@@ -33,7 +36,13 @@
   if (url.length > displayURL.length) {
     displayURL += '…';
   }
+
+  const inviteLinksContext = React.useContext(InviteLinksContext);
   return React.useCallback(() => {
+    if (url.startsWith(inviteLinkUrl(''))) {
+      inviteLinksContext?.setCurrentLink(url);
+      return;
+    }
     messageKey && setLinkModalActive({ [messageKey]: true });
     Alert.alert(
       'External link',
@@ -44,7 +53,15 @@
       ],
       { cancelable: true, onDismiss },
     );
-  }, [setLinkModalActive, messageKey, displayURL, onConfirm, onDismiss]);
+  }, [
+    url,
+    messageKey,
+    setLinkModalActive,
+    displayURL,
+    onDismiss,
+    onConfirm,
+    inviteLinksContext,
+  ]);
 }
 
 type TextProps = React.ElementConfig<typeof Text>;
@@ -76,7 +93,7 @@
 
   const onPressMessage = messagePressResponderContext?.onPressMessage;
 
-  const onPressLink = useDisplayLinkPrompt(target, markdownContext, messageKey);
+  const onPressLink = useHandleLinkClick(target, markdownContext, messageKey);
 
   return (
     <Text
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
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 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';
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@
         <ThreadScreenTracker />
         <ModalPruner navContext={navContext} />
         <PolicyAcknowledgmentHandler />
-        <InviteLinkHandler />
         {devTools}
       </>
     );
diff --git a/native/root.react.js b/native/root.react.js
--- a/native/root.react.js
+++ b/native/root.react.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import { SQLiteDataHandler } from './data/sqlite-data-handler.js';
 import ErrorBoundary from './error-boundary.react.js';
 import InputStateContainer from './input/input-state-container.react.js';
+import { InviteLinksContextProvider } from './invite-links/invite-links-context-provider.react.js';
 import LifecycleHandler from './lifecycle/lifecycle-handler.react.js';
 import MarkdownContextProvider from './markdown/markdown-context-provider.react.js';
 import { filesystemMediaCache } from './media/media-cache.js';
@@ -249,7 +250,9 @@
         theme={theme}
         ref={containerRef}
       >
-        <RootNavigator />
+        <InviteLinksContextProvider>
+          <RootNavigator />
+        </InviteLinksContextProvider>
         <NavigationHandler />
       </NavigationContainer>
     );