Add ability to follow hyperlinks and markdown links on mobile Markdown editor

On the mobile app, when using the Markdown editor, in order to follow hyperlinks or markdown links, you must switch to view mode. Now that there is a render markdown in editor setting which can be enabled, it would be good to have the ability to follow links without having to switch modes, in a similar way to how the Rich text editor handles this (using a pop over)

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Note: Code for this currently exists, but isn't enabled.

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Hey, I implemented this behind a new "Markdown editor: Show link tooltip" setting (defaults to disabled) - the code for followLinkTooltipExtension already exists but wasn't wired in. Ctrl+Click on desktop stays unaffected.

I had a PR up (#14512) but it was closed as the issue needed discussion first. Happy to open a new PR once this is approved.

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Linking the GitHub issue for reference: Mobile: Missing ability to follow hyperlinks and markdown links in the markdown editor when in edit mode · Issue #14507 · laurent22/joplin · GitHub

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