Opening links in external device browser with Cordova/jQuery-mobile

Question

I have a bunch of links in my app. I added rel=\'external\' target=\'_blank\' to all of them.

In the Ripple emulator, or in a regular desktop browser,

Answer 1

There're a few questions like this, but all of them try to use inappbrowser. I've used the following plugin:

com.byhook.cordova.chromelauncher

Just install it, as always, through cli:

cordova plugin add com.byhook.cordova.chromelauncher

And add the following JavaScript code:

ChromeLauncher.open(url)

This will:

1. put your app in background mode
2. open the existing instance of "google chrome for android" browser (according to the code, Google Play is gonna be opened if Chrome browser is not found, but i haven't tested this)
3. add a new tab to Chrome browser pointing to the desired URL