iOS doesn't differentiate what the target attribute value is (thus ambiguous in Objective-C what the intent is).
Good idea - we could clobber window.open, sure - and we add the native bits to support this. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > So target="_blank" is no good to use for this. > > A "new" API seems overkill for me. > > What about clobbering window.open ? > > On 5/17/12 2:19 PM, "Shazron" <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Punted this too much, need all of your input on this. >> >>Summary: >>We need an API function on all platforms to always open a url in the >>system web browser, right now each platform does its own thing, and on >>iOS it is very wonky, relying on a something that is ambiguous >>(navigation type value) through the target attribute of an anchor tag. >>Basically, I agree with Andrew's proposal here: >>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-362?focusedCommentId=13247777&pag >>e=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment >>-13247777 >> >> >>JIRA issue: >>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-362 >> >>See the matrix in the PG Build blog post: >>https://build.phonegap.com/blog/access-tags >
