How can I open a URL in external browser using Phonegap+cordova in sencha touch app for ios?

Question

I'm building a sencha touch app for ios. In order to open URL in external browser , I have included phonegap and cordova. I tried using both this functions to open URL.but didn't work.please help me.

 Ext.device.Device.openURL('http://www.bing.com');

 navigator.app.openUrl('http://www.bing.com',{ openExternal:true });

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 09 '13 at 06:41

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Simple window.open('http://www.google.com') should work and if you want to open the web page in a browser instance within your app, you should consider using InAppBrowser Plugin which uses same window.open and degrade gracefully to default

answered May 09 '13 at 06:41

ThinkFloyd

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I want to open it in external browser.window.open open the URL in app itself..right? – Harikrishnan May 09 '13 at 06:46
thanks for the info... Actually it was the issue with version of cordova..I have changed it and now window.open works. – Harikrishnan May 09 '13 at 09:04
Can you put more information regarding exact versions and changes you did, to help others. – ThinkFloyd May 09 '13 at 09:33
I was using `cordova-1.8.0rc1.js` , changed to `cordova-2.7.0.js` and It worked. – Harikrishnan May 09 '13 at 09:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '13 at 17:32

For me, window.open() didn't work in all cases. Another solution is assign the URL to window.location. Example for opening an external Url using a button:

Ext.Button.create({
            xtype: 'button',
            text: 'open url',       
            handler: function () {  
        window.location = "http://www.google.com";
            });

How can I open a URL in external browser using Phonegap+cordova in sencha touch app for ios?

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