I would go with option 3, and keep the notification sending for backwards compat purposes.
On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 12:02 AM, julio cesar sanchez < jcesarmob...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm looking into this issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11178 > > The problem is on iOS 9 you can no longer query for schemes unless you add > them to the info.plist under the LSApplicationQueriesSchemes key. > > When the inAppBrowser plugin is called with _system option this code is > called: > > *- (**void**)openInSystem:(**NSURL***)url* > > *{* > > *if** ([[**UIApplication* *sharedApplication**] **canOpenURL**:url]) {* > > * [[**UIApplication* *sharedApplication**] **openURL**:url];* > > * } **else** { **// handle any custom schemes to plugins* > > * [[**NSNotificationCenter* *defaultCenter**] > **postNotification**:[* > *NSNotification* *notificationWithName**:* > *CDVPluginHandleOpenURLNotification* *object**:url]];* > > * }* > > *}* > > > So, it fails on iOS 9 as fb scheme is not in the info.plist > > > I have 3 options here: > > > 1. Document that on iOS 9 you have to add the urls to the info.plist > > 2. Document that you don't need inAppBrowser plugin to open a 3rd party > app, you just need to use an a tag element with the url scheme on the href > > 3. Change the code to > > *- (**void**)openInSystem:(**NSURL***)url* > > *{* > > * [[**UIApplication* *sharedApplication**] **openURL**:url];* > > *}* > > This will open the app without querying, but we miss the else. I'm not sure > why that code is there or if it's used anywhere, it's been there since the > beginning of the github repo, it sends a notification with the url scheme > in case some other plugin can do something with the url scheme, but I don't > think it makes much sense as you are trying to open an external app and > that code is to handle the url inside the app. > > So, opinions? >