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Cordova iOS Go Back To Previous Page

I am not very familiar with iOS. I have a Cordova app that I built and it runs fine on Android. However when I run it on an iPad running iOS 9 there are no back buttons to travel back to the previous page like any browser I have ever used in my life. I'm assuming its loaded into a UIWebView so how am I supposed to travel back to the previous page when there is no back button?

Solution

  • You will need to create a custom "backButton" equivalent to Android or Windows Phone native back buttons.

    In my case, I created an "Arrow to Left" button in left top corner of the screen to work as backButton. After, I linked my backButton function for Android e WP to it. Look:

    HTML:

    <span id="iosBackButton" ng-click="iosBackButtonEvent()"><i class='fa fa-chevron-left'></i>&nbsp;Back</span>

    JS:

    //Android and WP cordova handle
//document.addEventListener('backbutton', backButtonActions, false);

//Only iOS
$scope.iosBackButtonEvent= function() {
        try {
            backButtonActions();
        }
        catch (error) {
            console.log(error);
        }
    };

    PS: I use AngularJS.