@capgo/inappbrowser

Overview

Capacitor plugin in app browser.

Core Capabilities

• goBack - Navigates back in the WebView’s history if possible.
• open - Open url in a new window fullscreen, on android it use chrome custom tabs, on ios it use SFSafariViewController.
• clearCookies - Clear cookies of url When id is omitted, applies to all open webviews.
• clearAllCookies - Clear all cookies When id is omitted, applies to all open webviews.

Public API

Method	Description
goBack	Navigates back in the WebView’s history if possible.
open	Open url in a new window fullscreen, on android it use chrome custom tabs, on ios it use SFSafariViewController.
clearCookies	Clear cookies of url When id is omitted, applies to all open webviews.
clearAllCookies	Clear all cookies When id is omitted, applies to all open webviews.
clearCache	Clear cache When id is omitted, applies to all open webviews.
getCookies	Get cookies for a specific URL.
close	Close the webview. When id is omitted, closes the active webview.
hide	Hide the webview without closing it. Use show() to bring it back. When id is omitted, targets the active webview.
show	Show a previously hidden webview. When id is omitted, targets the active webview.
openWebView	Open url in a new webview with toolbars, and enhanced capabilities, like camera access, file access, listen events, inject javascript, bi directional communication, etc.
executeScript	Injects JavaScript code into the InAppBrowser window. When id is omitted, executes in all open webviews.
postMessage	Sends an event to the webview (in-app browser). Listen in the page with window.addEventListener('messageFromNative', listenerFunc). The detail payload must be JSON-serializable. When id is omitted, broadcasts to all open webviews.
takeScreenshot	Captures the current webview viewport as a PNG screenshot. When id is omitted, targets the active webview.
setUrl	Sets the URL of the webview. When id is omitted, targets the active webview.
addListener	Listen for url change, only for openWebView.
addListener	See the source definitions for current behavior.
addListener	Listen for close click only for openWebView.
addListener	Will be triggered when user clicks on confirm button when disclaimer is required, works with openWebView shareDisclaimer and closeModal.
addListener	Fires when the webview sends an event back to the app. Use window.mobileApp.postMessage(...) in the page, and keep the payload JSON-serializable.
addListener	Will be triggered whenever a screenshot is captured from the plugin API, the native screenshot button, or the injected JavaScript bridge.
addListener	Will be triggered when page is loaded.
addListener	Will be triggered when page load error.
addListener	Will be triggered after native download handling saves a file locally. Enable this with handleDownloads: true when opening the webview.
addListener	Will be triggered when native download handling fails. Enable this with handleDownloads: true when opening the webview.
addListener	Will be triggered whenever a page opens a popup/new window. Use the returned popup id with executeScript, postMessage, show, hide, and close.
addListener	Listen for proxied requests delegated by the native runtime. Prefer addProxyHandler() instead of calling this directly.
addListener	Listen for JavaScript console output emitted by the managed page. Enable this with captureConsoleLogs: true when opening the webview.
handleProxyRequest	Internal method used by addProxyHandler() to send a proxy decision back to native. Forward the original phase when replying to a manual proxyRequest listener.
removeAllListeners	Remove all listeners for this plugin.
reload	Reload the current web page.
updateDimensions	Update the dimensions of the webview. Allows changing the size and position of the webview at runtime. When id is omitted, targets the active webview.
setEnabledSafeTopMargin	Sets the enabled safe top margin of the webview at runtime. When id is omitted, targets the active webview. On Web, this method is a no-op and resolves without changing layout.
setEnabledSafeBottomMargin	Sets the enabled safe bottom margin of the webview at runtime. When id is omitted, targets the active webview. On Web, this method is a no-op and resolves without changing layout.
openSecureWindow	Opens a secure OAuth2 window. On web, return the redirected URL through a BroadcastChannel; on mobile, register a custom redirect URI in your app configuration. See the getting-started guide for the full HTML, Info.plist, and AndroidManifest examples.

Source Of Truth

This reference is synced from src/definitions.ts in capacitor-inappbrowser.