Open External Link with Phonegap Cordova in iOS without Childbrowser Plugin

Question

Can I open external links with Phonegap Cordova (1.8.1) in iOS without the Childbrowser plugin?

Most of the tutorials that talk about this topic are outdated.

Any solution?

Thanks.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 26 '12 at 07:54

Actually, using

<a href="my-external-url" target="_blank">a link like this</a>

Or

window.location.href="my-external-url"

Will open the external URL in the Phonegap webview, not in a browser. If you have this working as you claim, you have solved a really big issue for all phonegap users. Some literature on this topic.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 01 '13 at 15:16

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You can use window.open with "_system" as the window name (InAppBrowser)

answered Mar 01 '13 at 15:16

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Which version of PhoneGap does this support? – Crashalot Mar 28 '13 at 02:18
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It exists in Apache Cordova since 2.3.0 – MosheElisha Mar 31 '13 at 16:24

Open External Link with Phonegap Cordova in iOS without Childbrowser Plugin

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