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

I adapted pastullo's answer to work also in a WebApp that might be opened in a cordova InAppBrowser, but also als plain Web-App (e.g. for testing):

function initOpenURLExternally() {
    $("a[target='_blank'],a[target='_system']").each(function (i) {
        var $this = $(this);
        var href = $this.attr('href');
        if (href !== "#") {
            $this
                .attr("onclick", "openURLExternally(\"" + href + "\"); return false;")
                .attr("href", "#");
        }
    });
}

function openURLExternally(url) {
    // if cordova is bundeled with the app (remote injection plugin)
    log.trace("openURLExternally: ", url);
    if (typeof cordova === "object") {
        log.trace("cordova exists ... " + typeof cordova.InAppBrowser);
        if (typeof cordova.InAppBrowser === "object") {
            log.trace("InAppBrowser exists");
            cordova.InAppBrowser.open(url, "_system");
            return;
        }
    }

    // fallback if no cordova is around us:
    //window.open(url, '_system', '');
    window.open(url, '_blank', '');
}