PhoneGap Build: how to open external url in device browser on Android?

Question

External URL\'s don\'t open in the system\'s browser in my PhoneGap Android application. I\'m using PhoneGap Build 2.3.0.

According to the Cordova documentation I u

Answer 1

This worked for me. Phonegap 3.1.0.

html code:

Google it

or

Google it

Javascript (with jQuery+cordova):

$("#ext-link").on("click"), function() {
    if (typeof navigator !== "undefined" && navigator.app) {
        // Mobile device.
        navigator.app.loadUrl('http://www.google.com/', {openExternal: true});
    } else {
        // Possible web browser
        window.open("http://www.google.com/", "_blank");
    }
});

Hope that helps.