PhoneGap: Open external link in default browser (outside the app)

Question

I\'m trying to open links in Safari (on an iPhone) from a PhoneGap application. I\'m using PhoneGap version 3.1.0, and use PhoneGap Build, to build the application.

Answer 1

Late answer but maybe it will be helpful for someone. So what I have in my working code in both iOS and Android application based on Cordova. To open external link in the default browser (Safari or Google):

1) Make sure that you have inAppBrowser plugin

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-inappbrowser --save

2) Add to device.js

function openURL(urlString){
  let url = encodeURI(urlString);
  window.open(url, '_system', 'location=yes');
}

3) Create new link

Go to Google