Handle Android Back Button on Phonegap InAppBrowser

Question

I would like to disable or override the Android Back button while I am navigating pages on the InAppBrowser. Can I add an event listener that can handle that?

Answer 1

EDIT NOTE: As far as I know, it's not possible to override the back-button for the InAppBrowser in PhoneGap. But I did my best searching for possible solutions...

There's an eventListener to override back-button in PhoneGap -doesn't work for InAppBrowser-

function onDeviceReady(){
    document.addEventListener("backbutton", onBackKeyDown, false);
}

Alternative eventListener to override back-button -the OP said this didn't work either-

var ref = window.open('http://www.stackoverflow.com', '_blank', 'location=yes');
ref.addEventListener("backbutton", function () {
    //logic here
})

Overriding the Back-button in an Activity -this is plain java, obviously didn't work in PhoneGap-

@Override
public void onBackPressed()
{
   //logic here
}

Conclusion:

Above solutions didn't work, following links (this answer, this one and a third one) didn't help either. So it's highly possible that overriding the back-button for the InAppBrowser in PhoneGap is not possible. If someone does come up with a solution or if things changed for a new PhoneGap version feel free to let us know...

EDIT:

Installing this plugin may take you to closest solution:

cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.inappbrowse

What this plugin will do, in WP8, it will overlay back/forward/close button on InAppBrowser whenever you open any link/page in it.

See this image: