.then of $cordovaInAppBrowser is not working - ionic-framework

Question

In an Ionic app, I am using ngCordova's $cordovaInAppBrowser to open Apple Play Store URL. It opens the app store but it does not go into .then. Relevant code:
$cordovaInAppBrowser.open(mktUrl, '_system', {location: 'yes', clearcache: 'yes', toolbar: 'no'}).
then(function(event) { ¬
console.log("inside then"); ¬
$state.go('odetails');
}¬
mktUrl is a app store URL for an app.
It does not generate any error. But it just doesn't work. How can I solve the problem?

Answer 1

Been there.
If you change from _system to _blank, cordova uses same webview as your app container and the promises do work.
I am using this code:
var inAppBrowserOptions = {
location: 'yes',
clearcache: 'no',
hardwareback: 'no'
};
if (!site.toLowerCase().match(/^htt(p|ps):\/\//)) {
site = 'http://' + site;
}
$cordovaInAppBrowser.open(
site,
'_blank',
inAppBrowserOptions
).then(function (event) { // success
//$state.go('')
Toast.show('inAppBrowser success', 'short', 'bottom');
}).catch(function (event) { // error
Toast.show('Error opening site', 'short', 'bottom');
});
$rootScope.$on('$cordovaInAppBrowser:exit', function (e, event) {
Toast.show('inAppBrowser exit', 'short', 'bottom');
});