How to avoid pop-up being blocked from inside async?

[jlounds]

Hello - I am using "Linking.openURL" inside of a button press event. It works if I call it directly from that event, but if I nest it inside an async call (I need to retrieve data from the API), then the browser blocks the popup.

Is there a way to "rerun" the event? Or pass along the event to Linking.openURL so the browser knows it is a legit user action?

Thanks,

Jeremy

Works:

const handleButtonPress = () => {
   Linking.openURL('https://example.com');
}

Popup blocked:

const handleButtonPress = () => {
   apiLibrary.getData().then((resp) => {
      Linking.openURL('https://example.com');
   });
}