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[jira] [Updated] (CB-2498) PhoneGap InAppBrowser: Cannot open link with “%” character
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-2498?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Timo Ernst updated CB-2498:
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Description:
I am using PhoneGap 2.4 for my iOS project.
When opening external URL's in a new webview layer via JS call window.open(url, "_blank");, this works well for "simple" URL's, e.g. "http://www.google.com".
BUT
more complicated URL's which include whitespaces and special characters are a problem. To avoid this, I URL-encode them via this JavaScript-call:
url = encodeURIComponent(url);
This won't work with the InAppBrowser plugin. Instead I get an error message saying:
webView:didFailLoadWithError - The operation couldn't be completed. (WebKitErrorDomain error 101.)
So, I looked into this and I noticed that the call to window.open(url, "_blank"); fails with this error message if the url contains the "%" character, e.g. if a whitespace character gets encoded to "%20".
How can I work around this? Isn't this a bug?
Update: I just tested the same app on Android with PhoneGap 2.3. Works like a charm. So it's either an iOS issue or a problem with the latest PhoneGap release which is 2.4.
was:See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14935493/phonegap-inappbrowser-cannot-open-link-with-character/14967348#14967348
> PhoneGap InAppBrowser: Cannot open link with “%” character
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>
> Key: CB-2498
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-2498
> Project: Apache Cordova
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 2.4.0
> Environment: iOS
> Reporter: Timo Ernst
> Priority: Critical
>
> I am using PhoneGap 2.4 for my iOS project.
> When opening external URL's in a new webview layer via JS call window.open(url, "_blank");, this works well for "simple" URL's, e.g. "http://www.google.com".
> BUT
> more complicated URL's which include whitespaces and special characters are a problem. To avoid this, I URL-encode them via this JavaScript-call:
> url = encodeURIComponent(url);
> This won't work with the InAppBrowser plugin. Instead I get an error message saying:
> webView:didFailLoadWithError - The operation couldn't be completed. (WebKitErrorDomain error 101.)
> So, I looked into this and I noticed that the call to window.open(url, "_blank"); fails with this error message if the url contains the "%" character, e.g. if a whitespace character gets encoded to "%20".
> How can I work around this? Isn't this a bug?
> Update: I just tested the same app on Android with PhoneGap 2.3. Works like a charm. So it's either an iOS issue or a problem with the latest PhoneGap release which is 2.4.
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