@capacitor/browser

@capacitor/browser

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.

Install

npm install @capacitor/browser
npx cap sync

Android

Variables

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)

Example

import { Browser } from '@capacitor/browser';

const openCapacitorSite = async () => {
  await Browser.open({ url: 'http://capacitorjs.com/' });
};

API

• open(...)
• close()
• addListener('browserFinished', ...)
• addListener('browserPageLoaded', ...)
• removeAllListeners()
• Interfaces

open(...)

open(options: OpenOptions) => Promise<void>

Open a page with the specified options.

Param	Type
options	OpenOptions

Since: 1.0.0

close()

close() => Promise<void>

Web & iOS only: Close an open browser window.

No-op on other platforms.

Since: 1.0.0

addListener('browserFinished', ...)

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('browserPageLoaded', ...)

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()

removeAllListeners() => Promise<void>

Remove all native listeners for this plugin.

Since: 1.0.0

Interfaces

OpenOptions

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

PluginListenerHandle

Prop	Type
remove	() => Promise<void>

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