Anchor Links in Apple Native App

First, I would review the use case for which you would use such a design pattern as a solution. For example, a common use of anchors is to skip over a section because scrolling was perceived to cause friction. Two important points: 1. It doesn’t. Scrolling is the most passive and inherent / automatic behavior in any channel or medium. 2. If you feel you have the need to skip over content, it begs the questions: Is it relevant? Is it too long?

If you conclude you have a valid and reasonable use case for anchors, they would have to be implemented as progressive enhancement, as they simply do not work everywhere. In my experience – and in this recent post from BeeFree – they do not work in the iOS Mail app. You could use the webkit media query to target a different solution.