[CB-9573] window.open(url,"_self") for whitelisted url opens InAppBrowser instead of updating current WebView in Android

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: 5.1.1
• Component/s: cordova-android, cordova-plugin-inappbrowser
• Labels: Triaged
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sebastien Lorber
• Created: 28/Aug/15 13:39
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:09
• Resolved: 10/Nov/15 14:28

Description

I use

• CLI 5.1.1
• Android platform 4.0.2
• InAppBrowser 1.0.1
• Crosswalk plugin 1.2.0

My config.xml contains:

    <access origin="http://*" />
    <access origin="https://*" />
    <access launch-external="yes" origin="tel:*" />
    <access launch-external="yes" origin="geo:*" />
    <access launch-external="yes" origin="mailto:*" />
    <access launch-external="yes" origin="sms:*" />
    <access launch-external="yes" origin="market:*" />
    <allow-intent href="*" />

Then I run the following code when the app starts:

function deviceReady() {
    window.open("http://www.google.fr","_self");
}
document.addEventListener('deviceready', deviceReady, false);

It opens the InAppBrowser instead of making the WebView navigate to the url. It is not the expected behavior according to the doc:

_self: Opens in the Cordova WebView if the URL is in the white list, otherwise it opens in the InAppBrowser.

If this time I remove the InAppBrowser proxy/wrapper (like mentionned in the doc):

function deviceReady() {
    delete window.open;
    window.open("http://www.google.fr","_self");
}
document.addEventListener('deviceready', deviceReady, false);

Then it opens the url in the system browser (not sure this is expected either right? but maybe it's Android / Crosswalk webview default anyway...)

Notice that I absolutly don't want to use in any way the InAppBrowser, I just only need to be able in some cases to use the _system target, that is made available by the InAppBrowser