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PhoneGap Cordova InAppBrowser.open Won't Open Link Until Switching Apps in iOS

I'm having some trouble getting links to open using the InAppBrowser in iOS with a Phonegap/Cordova set up.

I'm using the default template Cordova provides and adding this line to it:

<a href="#" onclick="cordova.InAppBrowser.open('http://apache.org', '_blank', 'location=yes');">Testing</a>

When I click the link, nothing happens.

However, when I double-tap the iPhone's home button to switch between apps, then the In-app browser opens as expected (in the view where I can see all open apps I see the browser open). If I navigate back to the app, the browser window now fills the screen as expected.

What am I doing wrong that's preventing this from opening without the app losing focus?

Solution

  • Found the solution - upgrading to the latest version of Cordova (currently 6.4.0) and creating a new app with that version seemed to resolve this.