"delete window.open" does not work in Chrome/69 about cordova-plugin-inappbrowser

[goffioul]

What I want is to restore the native window.open behavior, but that's not possible.

[frederikbosch]

@goffioul Maybe you can put this on top of your app. Since I am fine with _system I did not try it myself.

let originalOpen = window.open;
document.addEventListener('deviceready', () => {
  // cordova should be ready by now, restore window.open
 window.open = originalOpen;
});

[mohammadrafigh]

It's also not working on Firefox. overwriting window functions is really a bad idea.

[frederikbosch]

This is also not working on iOS 12, not tested earlier versions.

[frederikbosch]

I am sticking to calling window.cordova.InAppBrowser.open(location, '_system'); instead of window.open.

[ibrahimAboelsuod]

@goffioul Maybe you can put this on top of your app. Since I am fine with _system I did not try it myself.

let originalOpen = window.open;
document.addEventListener('deviceready', () => {
  // cordova should be ready by now, restore window.open
 window.open = originalOpen;
});

I can confirm this fix. I placed it at the bottom of the body tag in index.html file.

[azens1995]

You can also get the original (native-code) function back with:

window.open = cordova.require('cordova/modulemapper').getOriginalSymbol(window, 'window.open');

Well this solution was found somewhere in the old issues (Original Link), and it seems to work in our case. Hope it might help someone.

[goffioul]

Fixed by #600