[CB-5766] Can't close and then immediately re-open InAppBrowser

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.0
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-inappbrowser
• Labels: Triaged

Environment

iOS, Android

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jacob Weber
• Created: 10/Jan/14 18:22
• Updated: 10/Nov/15 18:00

Description

When you close an InAppBrowser using the close() method, then try to open a new one right away, the new one doesn't appear.

To reproduce:

• Create a new project using the CLI, and run it in Xcode.
• Debug the web view in Safari.
• Run in the console:

  window.x = window.open('http://www.google.com', '_blank');

• Try running any of the following, to close and then re-open the windiw:

  • window.x.close();
    window.x = window.open('http://www.apple.com', '_blank');

  • window.x.addEventListener('exit', function() {
      window.x = window.open('http://www.apple.com', '_blank');
    });
    window.x.close();

  • window.x.close();
    setTimeout(function() {
      window.x = window.open('http://www.apple.com', '_blank');
    }, 1);

Using the last method with a timeout of 1000 works for me, but this seems unreliable.

I'm seeing the same problem on Android, although I haven't tried debugging it.