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Problem with Standard Cordova Plugin InAppBrowser on Android

And_P_ — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 08:57:49 GMT

In my App I transfer file and picture from my database on external server a save them locally on smartphone with FileTransfer Plugin. Then to view the downloaded file I use InAppBrowser plugin (V. 0.5.4). This is my code:

if (intel.xdk.device.platform == 'Android' || intel.xdk.device.platform == 'android')
var path = strUrl;
window.open(path, '_system', 'location=no');
}
else {
var url = strUrl;
window.open(url, '_blank', 'location=no');
}

Everything worked well and, for example, I can view a pdf file with default reader on device then i can close them and return to my app.
suddenly while all running fine on ios, on Android devices can no longer go back to my app. In fact there is no button "done" or no way to close the viewer pdf or jpg, for example, and return to my app. If I click the back button on device the application will also close my app and I must log again.
Is use InAppbrowser because it is the only way to view pdf files with the player by default on Android devices. So i don't know why that plugin suddendly show that problem.
Any help and advice is appreciated
Thanks

Are you targeting a specific

John_H_Intel2 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:14:06 GMT

Are you targeting a specific version of the plugin? If you are not, and the author of the plugin changed something recently and published a new version, your build will be using the newest version unless you target a specific version when you add the plugin to your project.

I tag the standard version of

And_P_ — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:30:00 GMT

I use the standard version of Intel XDK i.e 0.5.4

That plugin has not changed

John_H_Intel2 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 15:34:12 GMT

That plugin has not changed in quite some time.

Did you update your device recently?

What happens if you include the pdf in your app and launch it locally with the inAppBrowser? Does it render correctly?

no recent changes...

And_P_ — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 16:02:42 GMT

no recent changes...

as I said in my first post i download file pdf correctly and my app lauch it with inAppBrowser and render it correctly..This in not the problem..the problem is I can't close pdfviewer and I can't back to my app..if I touch back button of device it close the viewer and also the app...

in IOS all is ok

Are you using Android's

Pamela_H_Intel — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 16:37:33 GMT

Are you using Android's native webview or are you using Crosswalk (did you choose Crosswalk for Android in your build settings)?

Use target as '_blank' for

Swati_S_Intel1 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 21:19:40 GMT

Use target as '_blank' for Android as well.

window.open(url, '_blank', 'location=no');

In your code you are using '_system'. When you use '_system', the app opens an instance of system browser and the control gets transferred to the browser instance. When you use '_blank', an inAppBrowser instance gets created within your app and the back button is displayed as part of that instance and pressing back button brings the control back to the app.

I use _system because is the

And_P_ — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 12:50:27 GMT

I use _system because is the only way i can view pdf file.....if i use _blank I can't view them on android...

with _system a time ago it was all ok!

i use Android not Crosswalk

And_P_ — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 12:53:32 GMT

i use Android not Crosswalk for Android in my builds

InAppBrowser plugin does not

Swati_S_Intel1 — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:33:34 GMT

InAppBrowser plugin does not support pdf viewing on Android. The system browser does, but then as I said it will not give control back to your app. Since you are downloading the pdf on your device, I would recommend you use a file opener plugin to view the pdf.

https://github.com/don/FileOpener (Android only) or

https://github.com/pwlin/cordova-plugin-file-opener2 (Android and iOS)

Another option is, if your file is served from your own server then you can set up pdf.js library (https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/) on your server and directly point inAppBrowser to the pdf.js location with your pdf filename.

window.open('http://YOUR_DOMAIN/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file=YOUR_PDF_URL', '_blank', 'location=no');

Hope this helps.

thanks for your explanation

And_P_ — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:01:38 GMT

thanks for your explanation very useful ...i already tried with fileopener but i can't open file...i try with pfd.js....but in any case I do not understand why using the following code for a while everything was working fine on Android

thanks so much

i try with my app's release

And_P_ — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 16:29:14 GMT

i try with my app's release of may 2015 and all work very well...but with release of now not...maybe new version of xdk has some problem...

I have seen back button work

Swati_S_Intel1 — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 18:12:06 GMT

I have seen back button work on some devices when you use '_system' but may not work on all devices. If you are using the same device and if it worked for you earlier, check these few things.

1) You are missing opening curly bracket '{' for your if statement in the code snippet you provided. Correct that, if that's in your actual code.

2) In your code you are usig Intel XDK device plugin to check for Android platform, make sure you check the Intel XDK device plugin checkbox on the right side of plugins section

3) Make sure you have set the whitelisting in Projects > Build Settings properly. Put * in the Access List box and select internal whitelist.

on same device old release

And_P_ — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 08:26:03 GMT

on same device old release work ..newest not!

if i miss some bracket when i launch emulator it must to check it!

I have check device plugin

I put * in the Access List box and select internal whitelist

I find the problem:

And_P_ — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 16:11:33 GMT

I find the problem:

my app use nfc plugin too and I need to modify Android Manifest to add an intent to open my app where read nfc tag.

I Use this code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<name>Intent NFC</name>

<description>Modify AndroidManifest.xml</description>

<keywords>android, WebIntent, Intent, Activity, NFC</keywords>

</engines>

<config-file target="AndroidManifest.xml" parent="/manifest/application">

<intent-filter>

</intent-filter>

</activity>

</config-file>

</platform>

</plugin>

if I delete android:noHistory="true" all work well and I can view file (image or pdf) then return to my app without problem

Thanks to all