App Launcher

Simple Cordova plugin to see if other apps are installed and launch them.

https://github.com/nchutchind/cordova-plugin-app-launcher

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Installation

Capacitor

$ npm install cordova-plugin-app-launcher

$ npm install @ionic-native/app-launcher

$ ionic cap sync

Cordova

$ ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-app-launcher

$ npm install @ionic-native/app-launcher

Enterprise

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Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS

Usage

React

Learn more about using Ionic Native components in React

Angular

import { AppLauncher, AppLauncherOptions } from '@ionic-native/app-launcher/ngx';

import { Platform } from '@ionic/angular';

constructor(private appLauncher: AppLauncher, private platform: Platform) { }

...

const options: AppLauncherOptions = {

}

if(this.platform.is('ios')) {

options.uri = 'fb://'

} else {

options.packageName = 'com.facebook.katana'

}

this.appLauncher.canLaunch(options)

.then((canLaunch: boolean) => console.log('Facebook is available'))

.catch((error: any) => console.error('Facebook is not available'));