I'm currently building an ionic app which is to be a wrapper for an external web application. What I want to do is to be able to track the url being redirected to when the user changes location in the external web app.
In my main controller I have the following code.
app.controller('MainCtrl', function ($rootScope) {
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
function onDeviceReady() {
// Now safe to use the Codova API
var url = "https://external-site/";
var target = "_self";
var options = "location=no";
var ref = cordova.InAppBrowser.open(url, target, options);
ref.addEventListener('loadstart', function () {
console.log("loadstart");
});
}
});
When the page loads I don't get the event listener to fire or when the user changes locations in the external site. I have tried pointing the target to _system and _blank which makes no difference for me.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks in advance.
It's my experience that all the events not always fires on all platforms. Try subscribing to all the events and print some debug info. Then test on different devices (iOS, android) and see what events are fired.
$rootScope.$on('$cordovaInAppBrowser:loadstart', function(e, event){console.log('start')};
$rootScope.$on('$cordovaInAppBrowser:loadstop', function(e, event){console.log('stop')});
$rootScope.$on('$cordovaInAppBrowser:loaderror', function(e, event){console.log('err')});
$rootScope.$on('$cordovaInAppBrowser:exit', function(e, event){console.log('exit')});
btw: I'm using ngCordova here...
very strange.. all I did was update ionic, run 'ionic start test blank' add the plugin modify app.js to this
angular.module('starter', ['ionic'])
.run(function ($ionicPlatform) {
$ionicPlatform.ready(function () {
if (window.cordova && window.cordova.plugins.Keyboard) {
var inAppBrowserRef;
var target = "_self";
var options = "location=no";
inAppBrowserRef = cordova.InAppBrowser.open('https://onesignal.com/', target, options);
inAppBrowserRef.addEventListener('loadstart', function () { console.log('start') });
inAppBrowserRef.addEventListener('loadstop', function () { console.log('stop') });
inAppBrowserRef.addEventListener('loaderror', function () { console.log('err') });
}
});
})
and then run 'ionic run android' and all events fires perf.
I have code like this:
element(by.model("roleSelection.role")).element(by.cssContainingText('option', newRole)).click();//.then(function() {console.log('role click')})//;
where the options is loaded via a call to the server.
I can wait for the first element by doing this
browser.wait(function() {
return browser.isElementPresent(by.model("roleSelection.role")).then(function(present){
return present;
});}, 8000);
and it seems to work. But how can I wait until the "sub-element" is clickable.
I have tried this
browser.wait(function() {
return browser.isElementPresent(by.model("roleSelection.role")).then(function(present){
if (present) {
var elm = element(by.model("roleSelection.role"));
return elm.isElementPresent(by.cssContainingText('option', newRole)).then(function(subpresent) {
return subpresent;
});
}
}); }, 8000);
Have you tried clickable? Something along these lines
var EC = protractor.ExpectedConditions;
var select = element(by.model("roleSelection.role"))
var isClickable = EC.elementToBeClickable(select);
browser.wait(isClickable,5000); //now options should have been loaded by now
Well, try to this: https://angular.github.io/protractor/#/api?view=ExpectedConditions.prototype.elementToBeClickable
But, Please keep in mind, Protractor is suitable for angular webpages and interactions, and animations. For example ng-animate. So, it is not sure to working for example jquery, or other animates.
In this way:
onPrepare: function () {
// disable animations when testing to speed things up
var disableNgAnimate = function () {
angular.module('disableNgAnimate', []).run(function ($animate) {
$animate.enabled(false);
});
};
browser.addMockModule('disableNgAnimate', disableNgAnimate);
}
Or you can switch in script way in browser.executeScript().
Please see this link. It works only jquery animations.
If you not have animate problems. Use setTimeout() JS function.
I have been trying to get a simple xhr request to work but for some unknown reasons nothing happens, not even the onerror function fires off.
var xhr = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient();
xhr.onload = function() {
Titanium.API.log('Success');
}
xhr.onerror = function() {
Titanium.API.log('Error');
}
xhr.open("GET","http://www.google.com/");
xhr.send();
I have tried this with a new created project and still no luck. Using little snitch I noticed that a connection is made by the app to the given url ... but still nothing fires off.
What am I missing?
Also I'm developing on an iPhone Simulator.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the XHR request - the Titanium.API.log function takes two arguments, but you're only giving it one, so it's probably just not printing to the console. The Titanium documentation is down at the moment so I can't link you to the correct API, but if you change your code to use Ti.API.info, for example, you should see something printed. This works for me:
var xhr = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient();
xhr.onload = function() {
Titanium.API.info('Success');
}
xhr.onerror = function() {
Titanium.API.info('Error');
}
xhr.open("GET","http://www.google.com/");
xhr.send();
Hey CodeWarriors, anyone know if on the iPhone in Mobile Safari whether there is a timeout for loading a certain amount of Javascripting/jQuery?? The moving background and the black covering over the heart are not working on the iPhone, but are solid on Firefox and my MacBook Pro's Safari – they don't load:
http://www.zookeeper.com/beyourowncreature/2011
Still working on some things on this site before it launches...
Thanks in advance if you have any ideas.
-Dave
All I can see is an error in your jquery.spritely on line 268, 1st line in the window.Touch clause. el[0] does not exist
activeOnClick: function() {
// make this the active script if clicked...
var el = $(this);
if (window.Touch) { // iphone method see http://cubiq.org/remove-onclick-delay-on-webkit-for-iphone/9 or http://www.nimblekit.com/tutorials.html for clues...
el[0].ontouchstart = function(e) {
$._spritely.activeSprite = el;
};
} else {
el.click(function(e) {
$._spritely.activeSprite = el;
});
}
return this;
},
And as the previous comment says, you have and unmatched tag
I have problem with web after adding icon to Home Screen. If the web is launched from Home Screen, all links will open in new window in Safari (and lose full screen functionality). How can I prevent it? I couldn't find any help, only the same unanswered question.
I found JavaScript solution in iWebKit framework:
var a=document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for(var i=0;i<a.length;i++)
{
a[i].onclick=function()
{
window.location=this.getAttribute("href");
return false
}
}
The other solutions here either don't account for external links (that you probably want to open externally in Safari) or don't account for relative links (without the domain in them).
The html5 mobile-boilerplate project links to this gist which has a good discussion on the topic: https://gist.github.com/1042026
Here's the final code they came up with:
<script>(function(a,b,c){if(c in b&&b[c]){var d,e=a.location,f=/^(a|html)$/i;a.addEventListener("click",function(a){d=a.target;while(!f.test(d.nodeName))d=d.parentNode;"href"in d&&(d.href.indexOf("http")||~d.href.indexOf(e.host))&&(a.preventDefault(),e.href=d.href)},!1)}})(document,window.navigator,"standalone")</script>
If you are using jQuery, you can do:
$("a").click(function (event) {
event.preventDefault();
window.location = $(this).attr("href");
});
This is working for me on iOS 6.1 and with Bootstrap JS links (i.e dropdown menus etc)
$(document).ready(function(){
if (("standalone" in window.navigator) && window.navigator.standalone) {
// For iOS Apps
$('a').on('click', function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var new_location = $(this).attr('href');
if (new_location != undefined && new_location.substr(0, 1) != '#' && $(this).attr('data-method') == undefined){
window.location = new_location;
}
});
}
});
This is an old question and many of the solutions here are using javascript. Since then, iOS 11.3 has been released and you can now use the scope member. The scope member is a URL like "/" where all paths under that scope will not open a new page.
The scope member is a string that represents the navigation scope of
this web application's application context.
Here is my example:
{
"name": "Test",
"short_name": "Test",
"lang": "en-US",
"start_url": "/",
"scope": "/",
...
}
You can also read more about it here. I also recommend using the generator which will provide this functionality.
If you specify the scope, everything works as expected similar to
Android, destinations out of the scope will open in Safari — with a
back button (the small one in the status bar) to your PWA.
Based on Davids answer and Richards comment, you should perform a domain check. Otherwise links to other websites will also opened in your web app.
$('a').live('click', function (event)
{
var href = $(this).attr("href");
if (href.indexOf(location.hostname) > -1)
{
event.preventDefault();
window.location = href;
}
});
If using jQuery Mobile you will experience the new window when using the data-ajax='false' attribute. In fact, this will happen whenever ajaxEnabled is turned off, being by and external link, by a $.mobile.ajaxEnabled setting or by having a target='' attribute.
You may fix it using this:
$("a[data-ajax='false']").live("click", function(event){
if (this.href) {
event.preventDefault();
location.href=this.href;
return false;
}
});
(Thanks to Richard Poole for the live() method - wasn't working with bind())
If you've turned ajaxEnabled off globally, you will need to drop the [data-ajax='false'].
This took me rather long to figure out as I was expecting it to be a jQuery Mobile specific problem where in fact it was the Ajax linking that actually prohibited the new window.
This code works for iOS 5 (it worked for me):
In the head tag:
<script type="text/javascript">
function OpenLink(theLink){
window.location.href = theLink.href;
}
</script>
In the link that you want to be opened in the same window:
Link
I got this code from this comment: iphone web app meta tags
Maybe you should allow to open links in new window when target is explicitly set to "_blank" as well :
$('a').live('click', function (event)
{
var href = $(this).attr("href");
// prevent internal links (href.indexOf...) to open in safari if target
// is not explicitly set_blank, doesn't break href="#" links
if (href.indexOf(location.hostname) > -1 && href != "#" && $(this).attr("target") != "_blank")
{
event.preventDefault();
window.location = href;
}
});
I've found one that is very complete and efficient because it checks to be running only under standalone WebApp, works without jQuery and is also straightforward, just tested under iOS 8.2 :
Stay Standalone: Prevent links in standalone web apps opening Mobile Safari
You can also do linking almost normally:
TEXT OF THE LINK
And you can remove the hash tag and href, everything it does it affects appearance..
This is what worked for me on iOS 6 (very slight adaptation of rmarscher's answer):
<script>
(function(document,navigator,standalone) {
if (standalone in navigator && navigator[standalone]) {
var curnode,location=document.location,stop=/^(a|html)$/i;
document.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
curnode=e.target;
while (!stop.test(curnode.nodeName)) {
curnode=curnode.parentNode;
}
if ("href" in curnode && (curnode.href.indexOf("http") || ~curnode.href.indexOf(location.host)) && curnode.target == false) {
e.preventDefault();
location.href=curnode.href
}
},false);
}
})(document,window.navigator,"standalone")
</script>
This is slightly adapted version of Sean's which was preventing back button
// this function makes anchor tags work properly on an iphone
$(document).ready(function(){
if (("standalone" in window.navigator) && window.navigator.standalone) {
// For iOS Apps
$("a").on("click", function(e){
var new_location = $(this).attr("href");
if (new_location != undefined && new_location.substr(0, 1) != "#" && new_location!='' && $(this).attr("data-method") == undefined){
e.preventDefault();
window.location = new_location;
}
});
}
});
For those with Twitter Bootstrap and Rails 3
$('a').live('click', function (event) {
if(!($(this).attr('data-method')=='delete')){
var href = $(this).attr("href");
event.preventDefault();
window.location = href;
}
});
Delete links are still working this way.
I prefer to open all links inside the standalone web app mode except ones that have target="_blank". Using jQuery, of course.
$(document).on('click', 'a', function(e) {
if ($(this).attr('target') !== '_blank') {
e.preventDefault();
window.location = $(this).attr('href');
}
});
One workaround i used for an iOS web app was that I made all links (which were buttons by CSS) form submit buttons. So I opened a form which posted to the destination link, then input type="submit"
Not the best way, but it's what I figured out before I found this page.
I created a bower installable package out of #rmarscher's answer which can be found here:
http://github.com/stylr/iosweblinks
You can easily install the snippet with bower using bower install --save iosweblinks
For those using JQuery Mobile, the above solutions break popup dialog. This will keep links within webapp and allow for popups.
$(document).on('click','a', function (event) {
if($(this).attr('href').indexOf('#') == 0) {
return true;
}
event.preventDefault();
window.location = $(this).attr('href');
});
Could also do it by:
$(document).on('click','a', function (event){
if($(this).attr('data-rel') == 'popup'){
return true;
}
event.preventDefault();
window.location = $(this).attr('href');
});
Here is what I'd use for all links on a page...
document.body.addEventListener(function(event) {
if (event.target.href && event.target.target != "_blank") {
event.preventDefault();
window.location = this.href;
}
});
If you're using jQuery or Zepto...
$("body").on("click", "a", function(event) {
event.target.target != "_blank" && (window.location = event.target.href);
});
You can simply remove this meta tag.
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">