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Summary

This PR adds support for rendering <a> (anchor) tags inside cleaned HTML content.

  • Updates Reader to sanitize and preserve anchor tags using clean-html-js
  • Ensures href attributes are retained safely
  • Renders links correctly through react-native-fast-htmlview
  • Clicking a link now opens it via React Native's Linking.openURL

Why

Previously, <a> tags were stripped during sanitization and not rendered.
This adds clickable link support to improve parity with web article readers.

Testing

  • Verified HTML containing <a href="https://example.com">Example</a> renders link text
  • Clicking opens the URL as expected
  • Loader and non-link rendering remain unchanged

Fixes #20

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Support clickable links + onLinkPress/linkStyle props in Reader content

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