窗口打印方法在ipad chrome浏览器中不起作用

Question

I have the following code:

<input type="button" value="Print" onclick="window.print(); return false;">

Which works in all browsers but it is doing nothing ( not opening print dialog box ) in ipad chrome browser.

How can I solve this problem?

However if I do manually print with chrome settings print then its working.

Answer 1

Multiple questions on SO show ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) that it's currently not possible to print in Chrome for iOS due to Apple's policy on using alternative browser engines.

Another solution is to use a third-party printing service: http://www.printfriendly.com

Answer 2

It's a chrome bug/feature. window.print is available, it works and do nothing. Try this code :

try {
    window.print()
}catch(e) {alert(e.message)}

The alert will not be shown. Also class UIWebView can use UIKit Printing API

PS Chrome using UIWebView .

Answer 3

Try this:

function goPrint(){
    window.print();
    if(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('chrome') > -1) {
        window.location.reload();
    }
}