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Nicolapps
Nicolapps

Reputation: 988

Cordova : Open a link using Google Chrome

I would like to open a link using Google Chrome (not another browser) from my Cordova application. I tried several solutions but nothing works.

First, I tried to create a link to googlechrome:// (using a HTML <a> tag). It opens Google Chrome, but I can't choose what URL to open.

Then, I tried to create a link to intent://my.url.com/#Intent;scheme=https;package=com.android.chrome;end. This link works when I open it from a browser (like Firefox or Google Chrome), but it doesn't work when I open it from my Cordova app.

I also tried to use the cordova-webintent plugin, like that :

window.plugins.webintent.startActivity(
    {
        action: window.plugins.webintent.ACTION_VIEW,
        url: 'intent://my.url.com/#Intent;scheme=https;package=com.android.chrome;end'
    },
    function() {
        alert(url);
    },
    function(){
        alert('Failed to open URL via Android Intent');
    }
);

But I get a "Failed to open URL via Android Intent" error.

What should I do ?

PS : I wrote <allow-intent href="*" /> in my config.xml file.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7121

Answers (2)

Nicolapps
Nicolapps

Reputation: 988

I finally found the solution. I just had to create a link like this one :

<a href="googlechrome://navigate?url=https://my.url.com/"></a>

Upvotes: 1

isma3l
isma3l

Reputation: 3853

You can use cordova-plugin-inappbrowser with _system as target:

cordova.InAppBrowser.open('http://stackoverflow.com', '_system', 'location=yes');

Or you can use cordova-plugin-webintent2 (don't know if this is the same you are using), like this:

window.plugins.webintent.startActivity({
        action: window.plugins.webintent.ACTION_VIEW,
        url:  "googlechrome://navigate?url=http://www.stackoverflow.com"
    },
    function() {},
    function() {
        alert('Failed to open URL via Android Intent.');
      console.log("Failed to open URL via Android Intent.")
    });

The url must start with http or https, it does not allow relative urls.

Upvotes: 3

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