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@capacitor/browser
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The Browser API provides the ability to open an in-app browser and subscribe to browser events.
The Browser API provides the ability to open an in-app browser and subscribe to browser events.
On iOS, this uses SFSafariViewController
and is compliant with leading OAuth service in-app-browser requirements.
npm install @capacitor/browser
npx cap sync
This plugin will use the following project variables (defined in your app's variables.gradle
file):
androidxBrowserVersion
: version of androidx.browser:browser
(default: 1.8.0
)import { Browser } from '@capacitor/browser';
const openCapacitorSite = async () => {
await Browser.open({ url: 'http://capacitorjs.com/' });
};
open(...)
close()
addListener('browserFinished', ...)
addListener('browserPageLoaded', ...)
removeAllListeners()
open(options: OpenOptions) => Promise<void>
Open a page with the specified options.
Param | Type |
---|---|
options | OpenOptions |
Since: 1.0.0
close() => Promise<void>
Web & iOS only: Close an open browser window.
No-op on other platforms.
Since: 1.0.0
addListener(eventName: 'browserFinished', listenerFunc: () => void) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle>
Android & iOS only: Listen for the browser finished event. It fires when the Browser is closed by the user.
Param | Type |
---|---|
eventName | 'browserFinished' |
listenerFunc | () => void |
Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle>
Since: 1.0.0
addListener(eventName: 'browserPageLoaded', listenerFunc: () => void) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle>
Android & iOS only: Listen for the page loaded event. It's only fired when the URL passed to open method finish loading. It is not invoked for any subsequent page loads.
Param | Type |
---|---|
eventName | 'browserPageLoaded' |
listenerFunc | () => void |
Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle>
Since: 1.0.0
removeAllListeners() => Promise<void>
Remove all native listeners for this plugin.
Since: 1.0.0
Represents the options passed to open
.
Prop | Type | Description | Since |
---|---|---|---|
url | string | The URL to which the browser is opened. | 1.0.0 |
windowName | string | Web only: Optional target for browser open. Follows the target property for window.open. Defaults to _blank. Ignored on other platforms. | 1.0.0 |
toolbarColor | string | A hex color to which the toolbar color is set. | 1.0.0 |
presentationStyle | 'fullscreen' | 'popover' | iOS only: The presentation style of the browser. Defaults to fullscreen. Ignored on other platforms. | 1.0.0 |
width | number | iOS only: The width the browser when using presentationStyle 'popover' on iPads. Ignored on other platforms. | 4.0.0 |
height | number | iOS only: The height the browser when using presentationStyle 'popover' on iPads. Ignored on other platforms. | 4.0.0 |
Prop | Type |
---|---|
remove | () => Promise<void> |
FAQs
The Browser API provides the ability to open an in-app browser and subscribe to browser events.
The npm package @capacitor/browser receives a total of 119,302 weekly downloads. As such, @capacitor/browser popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @capacitor/browser demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 8 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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