Can I tap a Link without bringing the app to foreground?

I have a widget which configures itself based on App Group userdefaults properties. These are single non time based values (like logged status and such).

Since widgets can't have proper buttons I'd need to simulate them by passing a touch event (Link) to the app so it can change a userdefaults value and so the widget will get updated.

Is there a way to send a Link event to the app without bringing to foreground?