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Browser Tab

This plugin provides an interface to in-app browser tabs that exist on some mobile platforms, specifically Custom Tabs on Android (including the Chrome Custom Tabs implementation), and SFSafariViewController on iOS.

https://github.com/google/cordova-plugin-browsertab

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Installation#

$ npm install cordova-plugin-browsertab
$ npm install @ionic-native/browser-tab
$ ionic cap sync

Supported Platforms#

  • Android
  • iOS

Usage#

React#

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Angular#

import { BrowserTab } from '@ionic-native/browser-tab/ngx';
constructor(private browserTab: BrowserTab) {
browserTab.isAvailable()
.then(isAvailable => {
if (isAvailable) {
browserTab.openUrl('https://ionic.io');
} else {
// open URL with InAppBrowser instead or SafariViewController
}
});
}