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InAppBrowser
============
> The InAppBrowser is a web-browser that is shown in your app when you use the `window.open` call.
var ref = window.open('http://apache.org', '_blank', 'location=yes');
Description
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The object returned from a call to `window.open`.
Methods
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- addEventListener
- removeEventListener
- close
Permissions
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### Android
#### app/res/xml/config.xml
### iOS
#### config.xml
### Windows Phone 7 + 8
#### config.xml
addEventListener
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> Adds a listener for an event from the InAppBrowser.
ref.addEventListener(eventname, callback);
- __ref:__ reference to the InAppBrowser window (`InAppBrowser`)
- __eventname:__ the event to listen for (`String`)
loadstart - event fired when the InAppBrowser starts to load a URL
loadstop - event fired when the InAppBrowser finished loading a URL
loaderror - event fired when the InAppBrowser encounters an error loading a URL
exit - event fired when the InAppBrowser window is closed
- __callback:__ the function that is called when the event is fired.
The function is passed an `InAppBrowserEvent` object.
Supported Platforms
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- Android
- iOS
- Windows Phone 7 + 8
Quick Example
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var ref = window.open('http://apache.org', '_blank', 'location=yes');
ref.addEventListener('loadstart', function() { alert(event.url); });
Full Example
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InAppBrowser.addEventListener Example
removeEventListener
===================
> Removes a listener for an event from the InAppBrowser.
ref.removeEventListener(eventname, callback);
- __ref:__ reference to the InAppBrowser window (`InAppBrowser`)
- __eventname:__ the event to stop listening for (`String`)
loadstart - event fired when the InAppBrowser starts to load a URL
loadstop - event fired when the InAppBrowser finished loading a URL
loaderror - event fired when the InAppBrowser encounters an error loading a URL
exit - event fired when the InAppBrowser window is closed
- __callback:__ the function that was to be called when the event is fired.
The function is passed an `InAppBrowserEvent` object.
Supported Platforms
-------------------
- Android
- iOS
- Windows Phone 7 + 8
Quick Example
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var ref = window.open('http://apache.org', '_blank', 'location=yes');
var myCallback = function() { alert(event.url); }
ref.addEventListener('loadstart', myCallback);
ref.removeEventListener('loadstart', myCallback);
Full Example
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InAppBrowser.removeEventListener Example
close
=====
> Closes the InAppBrowser window.
ref.close();
- __ref:__ reference to the InAppBrowser window (`InAppBrowser`)
Supported Platforms
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- Android
- iOS
- Windows Phone 7 + 8
- BlackBerry 10
Quick Example
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var ref = window.open('http://apache.org', '_blank', 'location=yes');
ref.close();
Full Example
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InAppBrowser.close Example
executeScript
=============
> Injects JavaScript code into the InAppBrowser window
ref.executeScript(details, callback);
- __ref:__ reference to the InAppBrowser window (`InAppBrowser`)
- __injectDetails:__ details of the script ot run (`Object`)
- Supported keys: (exactly one of "file" or "code" should be present)
"file" - URL of the script to inject
"code" - Text of the script to inject
- __callback:__ the function that is to be called in the Cordova application after the JavaScript code is injected.
- If the injected script is of type "code", then the callback will be called with a single argument, which is
the return value of the script, wrapped in an Array. (For multi-line scripts, this is the return value of the
last statement, or the last expression evaluated.)
Supported Platforms
-------------------
- Android
- iOS
Quick Example
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var ref = window.open('http://apache.org', '_blank', 'location=yes');
ref.addEventListener('loadstop', function() {
ref.executeSript({file: "myscript.js"});
});
Full Example
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InAppBrowser.executeScript Example
insertCSS
=========
> Injects CSS into the InAppBrowser window
ref.insertCSS(details, callback);
- __ref:__ reference to the InAppBrowser window (`InAppBrowser`)
- __injectDetails:__ details of the script ot run (`Object`)
- Supported keys: (exactly one of "file" or "code" should be present)
"file" - URL of the stylesheet to inject
"code" - Text of the stylesheet to inject
- __callback:__ the function that is to be called in the Cordova application after the CSS is injected.
Supported Platforms
-------------------
- Android
- iOS
Quick Example
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var ref = window.open('http://apache.org', '_blank', 'location=yes');
ref.addEventListener('loadstop', function() {
ref.insertCSS({file: "mystyles.css"});
});
Full Example
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InAppBrowser.executeScript Example
InAppBrowserEvent
=================
The object that is passed to the callback function from an addEventListener call on an InAppBrowser object.
Properties
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- __type:__ the eventname (`String`) - one of loadstart, loadstop, loaderror or exit
- __url:__ the URL that was loaded (`String`)
- __code:__ the error code (`Number`) - only in the case of loaderror
- __message:__ the error message (`String`) - only in the case of loaderror