How can I open an external link in Safari not the app's UIWebView?

Question

I have a Phonegap (cordova) application where I want to load some external webpages within the phonegap WebView and I have other external webpages that I want to load in saf

Answer 1

1. Add target="_blank" to your links. ie:

2. Make sure access has an origin of * /> in your config.xml (make sure its the one in the root of the app directory, above the www folder. ie:

3. Add the following code to MainViewController.m

   - (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView *)theWebView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType
   {
       NSURL *url = [request URL];
   
       // Intercept the external http requests and forward to Safari.app
       // Otherwise forward to the PhoneGap WebView
       if ([[url scheme] isEqualToString:@"http"] || [[url scheme] isEqualToString:@"https"]) {
           [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
           return NO;
       }
       else {
           return [ super webView:theWebView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:request navigationType:navigationType ];
       }
   } 
   

I made a quick video explaining how to fix this issue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqbjXSnAR-Q&feature=c4-overview&list=UUefS6KLvFQVjhmL6hiBq4Sg

Hope it helps!