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this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2023
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You can circumvent it using Intent intercept apps, so unless Whatsapp specifically looks for the APK and call it directly (and just use normal intent URL schemes) then you can simply redirect that request.
Don't such apps require root permission to work? If an app directly specifies an other app for opening the link, I don't think you could intercept (or even detect) it with an other app on a regular phone.
Most apps just use a custom intent scheme and thus you can in fact intercept
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aboutmycode.betteropenwith
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.tasomaniac.openwith.floss/