window.open() makes my app crash on blackberry10

Question

I am struggeling with my blackberry10 application. Basically I want to open the BlackBerry World page of my application by pressing on a button in a confirmation dialog.

function onButtonPressed() {
    var url = "appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/XXXXXXXX"
    window.open( url, "_blank" );
}

But after pressing my button the app craches immediately without any error in the debug console. I also tried to use "_system" instead of "_blank" without success. However on android my approach works flawlessly.

Are there any further hints or tips to investigate/solve this problem?

Answer 1

I solved my issue by using another cordova plugin.

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-bb-invoke

Now I am able to open the BlackBerry World application directly:

function openAppStore() {

    var platform = $cordovaDevice.getPlatform().toLowerCase();
    var url;

    switch( platform ) {
        case "blackberry10":
            url = "appworld://content/xxxxxxxx";
            break;
        default:
            url = "anotherPlatformUrl"
    }

    if( platform === "blackberry10" ) {
        blackberry.invoke.invoke( {
            uri    : url
        }, onInvokeSuccess, onInvokeError );
    } else {
        window.open( url, "_system" );
    }

    function onInvokeSuccess() {
        console.log( "Invoke Success!" );
    }

    function onInvokeError( error ) {
        console.log( "!!! Invoke Error: ", error );
    }
}