Links to Sharepoint pages don't work in custom mobile app - external links do

[matt howell]

We have a mobile app that renders SP pages but links to "internal" SP pages in the canvascontent field don't open. They're formatted correctly in the app but do nothing when clicked. Links to external urls open in the browser as expected - including SP links shortened using a service like bit.ly. The code rendered in the app includes the "data-interception=\"off\" property which I suspect may be the culprit.   

[#2]

It looks like the issue is internal urls added to a text web part are truncated to a relative url - with the https://<tenant> sub domain removed. so the href starts with "/sites/........" and that breaks the link in the mobile app. Is there any way to ensure these links are retained as absolute urls?