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Ionic: cordova-plugin-inappbrowser set default target

Hello fellow programmers,

I've been experiencing a problem with the in-app-browser plugin. The reason is that I'm not able to give the target manually everytime te browser opens. This is because sometimes users fill in a link to their website inside a textfield.

Afterwards I was looking for a option to set a "default" option like (system, blank, ect.) But I wasn't able to find anything suitable.

I hope you guys can help me with this problem!

Greetings

Solution

  • The Cordova Documents at this link shows what options can be used.

    Target: The target in which to load the URL, an optional parameter that defaults to _self. (String)

    _self: Opens in the Cordova WebView if the URL is in the white list, otherwise it opens in the InAppBrowser.

    _blank: Opens in the InAppBrowser.

    _system: Opens in the system's web browser.

    Here is an example from my code to open an in app browser or the system browser.

    $('#btnVisitToday').on('click', function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    window.open('http://www.sample.com', '_system');
});

    I use _system to open up Google Play (have not tried it with app store)