PhoneGap: Opening external URL's in Safari

Question

I\'ve just upgraded to PhoneGap 1.6.1 and I can no longer get external URL\'s to open in Safari.

Prior to this version I had patched AppDelegate.m as follows:

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Answer 1

In earlier version of cordova you can load a url in browser by adding target="_blank" to your links. But now you can use inApp browser feature.

var ref = window.open(encodeURI('your url'), '_system', 'location=no');

This opens the url in browser. Tested in Android and iPhone with cordova2.7.0