Please keep rel="external" within the iOS webApp

[garretthyder]

Hello,

I realize this is a duplicate of two closed tickets;
#597
#744

However neither of these seemed to have been resolved with an appropriate fix for jQM. They indicate some hacks to JQM itself or using jquery.stayInWebApp.js (https://github.com/mrmoses/jQuery.stayInWebApp/blob/master/jquery.stayInWebApp.js).

For myself to get this working I implemented the following snippet on each .html file;

<script>
    // Navigation Fix
    if ( ("standalone" in window.navigator) && window.navigator.standalone ) {
        $(document).on('click', "a[rel*=external], area[rel*=external]", function(){
            self.location=this.href;
            return false;
        });
    }
</script>

Can someone on the jQM team look into correcting this on the core so hacking or implementing snippets isn't a requirement for getting JQM rel="external" functional on iOS webApps.

Please and Thank You