The child browser allows you to display external web pages within your PhoneGap application.
A simple use case would be:
- Users can post links, and you don't want your users to exit your app to view the link.
This command creates a popup browser that is shown in front of your app, when the user presses the back button they are simply returned to your app.
Using this plugin requires Android PhoneGap.
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To install the plugin, move www/childbrowser.js to your project's www folder and include a reference to it in your html file after phonegap.js.
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="phonegap.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="childbrowser.js"></script> -
Copy the image files folder www/childbrowser to your project's www folder. Note you need the entire folder not just the images.
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Create a directory within your project called "src/com/phonegap/plugins/childBrowser" and move ChildBrowser.java into it.
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In your res/xml/plugins.xml file add the following line:
<plugin name="ChildBrowser" value="com.phonegap.plugins.childBrowser.ChildBrowser"/>
The plugin creates the object window.plugins.childBrowser. To use, call one of the following, available methods:
Note that unlike the iphone version, android childbrowser doesn't require a call to ChildBrowser.install()
/**
* Display a new browser with the specified URL.
* This method loads up a new web view in a dialog.
*
* @param url The url to load
* @param options An object that specifies additional options
*/
showWebPage(url, [options])
Sample use:
window.plugins.childBrowser.showWebPage("http://www.google.com", { showLocationBar: true });
/**
* Close the browser.
*/
close() {
Sample use:
window.plugins.childBrowser.close();
/**
* A user supplied call back which is run when the browser is closed.
*/
onClose()
Sample use:
window.plugins.childBrowser.onClose();
/**
* A user supplied call back which is run when the browser location changes.
* The method is called with the new location of the browser.
*/
onLocationChange(location)
Sample use:
window.plugins.childBrowser.onLocationChange(location);
/** * Display a new browser with the specified URL. * * NOTE: If usePhoneGap is set, only trusted PhoneGap URLs should be loaded, * since any PhoneGap API can be called by the loaded HTML page. * * @param url The url to load * @param usePhoneGap Load url in PhoneGap webview [optional] - Default: false */ openExternal(url, [usePhoneGap])
Sample use:
window.plugins.childBrowser.openExternal("http://www.google.com");
- Initial release
- Changed how URL is passed when usePhoneGap=true. Instead of using Data, it is now passed as Extra. This will work with latest edge version with the same date.
- Added "Loading" dialog that is shown when usePhoneGap=true.
- Added warning comments about loading URLs when usePhoneGap=true.
- Modified ChildBrowser to more closely model the iOS ChildBrowser
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