Trigger.io: Open url with web browser on Android

Question

I have created a button "Share on Twitter" which opens up the url to share on twitter in mobile web browser this works fine on iOS but does nothing on Android.

Is there something I am missing or don't know about?

    var send = 'http://twitter.com/share';
    var url =  'http://example.com/';
    var text = "Example Text";
    var openURL = send + "?url=" + url + "&text=" + text;
    window.open(openURL, '_blank'); // opens url

Nothing happens on Android but works fine on iOS.

Answer 1

In Trigger apps external pages will by default open in the devices browser, this means you can simply run

window.location = 'http://google.com'

to open an external url in the browser.

If you want a link the user can click then

<a href="http://google.com>Click here</a>

Will also open in the devices browser.

If you want the user to browse an external website within your app you can use the tabs module to open a modal browser window the user can close and return to your app. See https://trigger.io/docs/current/api/modules/tabs.html