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 used target '_system':

window.open('http://www.myurl.nl', '_system');

In my config.xml I have:

<plugin name="InAppBrowser" value="org.apache.cordova.InAppBrowser" />
<access origin="*" browserOnly="true" />

But still the links open in my apps webview.

How to solve this?

Answer 1

It's not the answer when you want to keep using PhoneGap Build, but I solved the problem by setting up a development environment for Cordova (PhoneGap) on my machine and compiling the app locally. In Cordova 2.5.0 window.open('http://www.myurl.nl', '_system'); works perfect, it will open the link in the system's browser.

So my advice is to stop using PhoneGap Build and start compiling your app locally. Here's how to set up your development environment for Cordova >>

Answer 2

Late answer,but may be it can help someone.

navigator.app.loadUrl('https://google.com/', { openExternal:true });

Cordova 3.3.1

Answer 3

This question is now a little old, but I felt it was worth updating. This now works fine with PhoneGap Build when used with 2.9.0.

I have compiled and tested it on Android 4.3 and iOS 6.1.3. I do not have the InAppBrowser plugin in my app as that's to open pages in the app, rather than cause the native browser to open them, and I only have the following for the access tags:

<access origin="http://127.0.0.1*"/>
<access origin="http://phonegap.com" subdomains="true" />