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Hi, I am building out an app that seems to work well. However, part of the app launches a webpage and there is no way to get back to the app, except by using the back feature on the phone.

That does take me back to the app, however the "Back" button on the navigation is GONE. And there seems to way to get it back. See the attached screenshots for the before and after.

Any idea why this would be happening?

Thank you!

Joseph

Hello Joseph,

Please look through the similar question https://getsatisfaction.com/apperyio/...
Try suggestions and let us know about result.

Thanks Alena, I looked at that topic and it sounds like the same, or similar, issue. However, the solution on that page was related to testing, and the issue I am having is related to the app itself.

I included the issue on the other page, but to re-stated it here. I have a button on the pages shown above that then launches a web page successfully, like this:

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window.open('http://www.google.com', '_blank', 'location=yes');
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Then, when returning to the app through the Phone's back button the app's "Back" button has disappeared and never returns, even if you continue navigating back and forth through the app.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Joseph

This also happens in our Apps.

To avoid this behavior we opened the windows with 'system' option instead 'blank', because with '_blank' option the back button disappears.

Thanks Rafael! I will try this.

Hi all! Joseph please give us your public app link and steps to reproduce if Rafael's suggestion doesn't work for you. Unfortunately we can't reproduce this behavior.

We can reproduce this behavior in devices only, we cannot reproduce in browsers.

In fact, our App had everything as 'blank', and after the first test in device we had to change everything to 'system'.

Hello Rafael, did you get it working after changes?

Yes, with the '_system' option works fine.

Unfortunately, this fix does not work for us. When I test it in the browser on a computer it seems to work, but when I export to a binary for Android, then it does not work. Every time a call like this is made, when you press the "back" function button on your phone to go back to the app, then the "Back" button is gone from the app.

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window.open('http://www.google.com', '_system', 'location=yes');
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Any other ideas? Is there a way to load a webpage inside of an HTML control so that you don't have to even leave the app to see the webpage?