[CB-133] Loading about:blank in an iframe more than once triggers load in external browser on Android 4.0 (ICS)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Abandoned
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: cordova-android
• Labels: iframe

Environment

Tested on Android 2.3.6 (no bug), Android 4.0.2 (has bug); tested with PhoneGap 1.2.0 and a locally built 1.3.0.

• Assignee: Joey Robert Bowser
• Reporter: Brion Vibber
• Created: 17/Dec/11 18:11
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:45
• Resolved: 08/Feb/12 19:07

Description

Test program: https://github.com/brion/iframe-android-test

Loading the URL 'about:blank' (first button) in the iframe seems to work once, then the second time it opens it in an external browser (on my system this shows a prompt as I have multiple browsers installed; selecting one goes ahead and loads about:blank in that browser).

iframe source is being set by setting the 'src' property on the element's DOM node.

Possibly related to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-132 though that other one behaves more consistently across versions, and doesn't work as expected on the first load.