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External App Launcher

A Cordova plugin to launch external applications from your Cordova-based iOS application.
Compatible with Cordova >= 2.5.0

Steps to install

  1. Install cordova-plugman.
  2. cd into your project directory.
  3. Execute the following command:
plugman --platform ios --project . --plugin https://github.com/sbahal/external-app-launcher.git

Steps to uninstall

plugman --uninstall --platform ios --project . --plugin org.cordova.plugins.ExternalAppLauncher

Usage

externalApp.launch([appUrlScheme, storeUrl, alertMessage, alertType]);

where,
appUrlScheme: the URL scheme of the app that you wish to launch
storeUrl: the URL to be redirected to in case the external app is not found
alertMessage: the message to be displayed to the user in case the external app is not found
alertType: the type of alert to be presented to the user

  • externalApp.alertType.OK: to just display an alert message, or
  • externalApp.alertType.OK_CANCEL: to redirect the user to the specified store

Example

externalApp.launch(['com.foo.MyApp', '', 'Please download the latest version of this app from the store', externalApp.alertType.OK]);
externalApp.launch(['com.foo.MyApp', 'https://foo.com', 'Please download the latest version of this app from the store', externalApp.alertType.OK_CANCEL]);