From b7b383098aac42609166da38808a65497b5469a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Gallagher <nicolasgallagher@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 14:25:51 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [change] Linking.openURL() opens in new tab.

Fix #1544
Close #1432
Close #1743
---
 packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Linking/index.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Linking/index.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Linking/index.js
index 8aaa4fed..8424c4f5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Linking/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Linking/index.js
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ class Linking {
 
 const open = url => {
   if (canUseDOM) {
-    window.location = new URL(url, window.location).toString();
+    const urlToOpen = new URL(url, window.location).toString();
+    window.open(urlToOpen, '_blank', 'noopener');
   }
 };