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Troy
Troy

Reputation: 21862

How do I navigate directly to an app in the Google Play Store from my PhoneGap/Cordova application?

In the past, if I wanted to navigate directly to an app in the Google Play store from a PhoneGap app, I would do the following:

location.href = 'market://details?id=my_package.my_app_name'

Now if I try to do that in my Cordova app (I'm now using Cordova 4.1.2), it just picks it's nose (no errors, just silently fails to navigate there).

I've verified that it is reaching the code before and after location.href = "...".

Does Cordova now have a new/different way of navigating to the google store? or new required permissions? Or is it just not possible anymore?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2076

Answers (4)

Engin Akyüzlü
Engin Akyüzlü

Reputation: 1

Test cordova version 9

Install it:

cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.inappbrowser

javascript:

var market='market://details?id=com.***.***&referrer=utm_source=****&utm_medium=appupdatev11&utm_campaign=plugin';

cordova.InAppBrowser.open(market, '_system');

use it with "_system" option open googlePlay

Upvotes: 0

jcesarmobile
jcesarmobile

Reputation: 53301

Cordova added some security changes that don't allow to navigate to some links like you did before.

Now you have two options to open other app:

Fist one, as mentioned by Dato, inAppBrowser plugin

Install it:

cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.inappbrowser

use it with _system option:

window.open('market://details?id=my_package', '_system');

or:

window.open('http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=my_package', '_system');

Other option it to whitelist the url

<access origin="market:*" launch-external="yes" />

http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/4.0.0/guide_appdev_whitelist_index.md.html

Upvotes: 4

Matheus Shita
Matheus Shita

Reputation: 554

What Dato meant with his answer is: you can use cordova app browser and then point the link to a play store application, which will open automatically (just like an add of other apps inside some apps).

His code is correct.

Upvotes: 0

Nurdin
Nurdin

Reputation: 23883

You can use cordova app browser.

https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser/blob/master/doc/index.md

code

var ref = window.open('http://apache.org', '_blank', 'location=yes');
var ref2 = window.open(encodeURI('http://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ハングル'), '_blank', 'location=yes');

Upvotes: 2

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