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I am trying to have a link in my app open the link in iOS Safari rather than in the app. I can't figure it out for the life of me. I've searched on here and tried some Javascript solutions, but can't figure it out. Help...please.

What script(s) did you try?

The regular link component opens the page in the app. I had tried to create labels that, when clicked, opened links in new windows (worked in webapp, did nothing in iOS app).

I had tried:
precodenavigator.app.loadUrl("http://www.potomacag.org/", { openExternal:true } );/code/pre
Which did nothing in iOS app.

I also tried the myNavigate that was posted here.

I specifically have an iPhone and iPad with iOS 7,0.3 on them. It seems to be a problem that is familiar in PhoneGap.

Thanks for your help!

Hi Doug,

Please take a look at here: https://getsatisfaction.com/apperyio/...
https://getsatisfaction.com/apperyio/...

Thanks Katya! Unfortunately, it still opens the page in the app. I'm trying to open the page specifically in Safari.

Disregard. Didn't see both links. The second one works:

codewindow.open(the_link, "_system");/code

Doug,

Thank you for the update!

That does work, but I am curious about what the difference is between window.open(url, "_system"); and the Navigate to Link option under Events. When Open in new window is selected the application uses a completely different method for opening the new window. Could someone at Appery explain the difference in these two solutions and if there is a way to take advantage of the functions behind "Navigate to Link" please? Thanks in advance!

One way of doing this would be if there was a way to pass the params in dynamically when using Navigate to Link. Maybe there is a way to do that, I am just not aware of how that would be done.

In my case what I would like to accomplish is to create dynamic social sharing links for each dataset in a grid. That is why I am interested in taking advantage of the Navigate to Link event but need to create it dynamically and pass the url param in on click / tap.

I had to use the JavaScript because the link opened in the app and lead to a donation page ( a no-no for Apple). I like your idea below!