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Piero Alberto
Piero Alberto

Reputation: 3943

How to close phonegap/cordova InAppBrowser without using the close button

In my phonegap app, I open with InAppBrowser an external link (it correctly works) with:

cordova.InAppBrowser.open(completeUrl, '_blank', 'location=yes');

I need to close the opened link when a certain actions is made by the user. I know I can close it with

var b = cordova.InAppBrowser.open(completeUrl, '_blank', 'location=yes');
b.Close();

but this is on my app side, I need something similar on external link side. For example, is it possible to have the instance reference on the external link side? I think no, right?

With "location=yes" I have a confortable close button on the top, so this can be a solution, but I'd like to close it when the user finishes to use the external link, without using the native close button.

Is it possible?

UPDATE What did I try? 1) From window.close equivalent in Phonegap with InAppBrowser For example my server display a webpage with a close button, something like this:

<a href="/mobile/close">Close</a>

in my client side javascript (the Phonegap app):

var ref = window.open(encodeURI(url), '_blank', options);
ref.addEventListener('loadstop', function(event) {        
    if (event.url.match("mobile/close")) {
        ref.close();
    }
});

2) From https://stackoverflow.com/a/50047473/819161

var win=window.open( "myurl", "_blank");
win.addEventListener( "loadstop", function(){
       var loop = window.setInterval(function(){
           win.executeScript({
                   code: "window.shouldClose"
               },
               function(values){
                   if(values[0]){
                     win.close();
                     window.clearInterval(loop);
                   }
               }
           );
       },100);
   });

In your called window, simply do:

window.shouldClose=true

When you want to close it

3) A dumb window.Close() from the called page

Nothing of my attempts worked.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2770

Answers (1)

andreszs
andreszs

Reputation: 2956

In order to close the InAppBrowser window by itself, you can either use the loadstart or the message event listeners.

Check details and full examples here: How to close InAppBrowser window in Cordova by itself

Upvotes: 1

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