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

For iOs, in your MainViewController.m do the following

- (BOOL) webView:(UIWebView*)theWebView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest*)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType
{
    NSURL *url = [request URL];
    if (![url isFileURL] && navigationType == UIWebViewNavigationTypeLinkClicked)
    {
        if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:url]) {
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
            return NO;
        }
    } 

    return [super webView:theWebView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:request navigationType:navigationType]; 
}

EDIT: For Android, in CordovaWebViewClient.java, in shouldOverrideUrlLoading do the following:

public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
          if(/*check if not external link*) {
            view.loadUrl(url);
          } else {
            //prepend http:// or https:// if needed
            Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
            startActivity(i);
          }
          return true;
        }