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Dromundi I hate code! Posts: 43 Reg: Feb 17, 2012 location unknow... 730	confirm \| cancel 08/20/12 12:58 AM (13 years ago) External link in a HTML doc Dear all, I use BT v1.5 for iOS. I have an app that loads HTML doc via the HTML plugin. Everything works fine expect that I have sometimes external links in these pages. When I tap on it, the pages open in the app but I would like them to open in the safari browser instead. How to do that? Regards, Title Comments Dear all, I use BT v1.5 for iOS. I have an app that loads HTML doc via the HTML plugin. Everything works fine expect that I have sometimes external links in these pages. When I tap on it, the pages open in the app but I would like them to open in the safari browser instead. How to do that? Regards,

Mr stuck Android Fan Posts: 974 Reg: Apr 09, 2012 Fife, Scotland 15,740	08/20/12 03:49 AM (13 years ago) Never used 1.5 but sounds like you need to use the launch native app screen instead of html doc Comments Never used 1.5 but sounds like you need to use the launch native app screen instead of html doc

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	08/20/12 11:14 AM (13 years ago) Yep, using the Launch Native App screen, then selecting "Browser, enter a URL" will do the trick! Mark Comments Yep, using the Launch Native App screen, then selecting "Browser, enter a URL" will do the trick! Mark

Dromundi I hate code! Posts: 43 Reg: Feb 17, 2012 location unknow... 730	08/20/12 01:14 PM (13 years ago) Hey both, Thx for the answer but this is not exactly what I was looking for. I was not clear in my description sorry for that. Actually I meant that in my HTML docs I have links to other websites. So when someone is in my app this person can go to the HTML doc accessible from a menu list. On this HTML doc, they are plenty of information, images sometimes and so on. I would like that when they click on one link in the HTML Document (the link is just 1 or 2 words among sentences and images of these HTML docs), it opens the webpage is safari and not in my app. I hope it is clearer. Comments Hey both, Thx for the answer but this is not exactly what I was looking for. I was not clear in my description sorry for that. Actually I meant that in my HTML docs I have links to other websites. So when someone is in my app this person can go to the HTML doc accessible from a menu list. On this HTML doc, they are plenty of information, images sometimes and so on. I would like that when they click on one link in the HTML Document (the link is just 1 or 2 words among sentences and images of these HTML docs), it opens the webpage is safari and not in my app. I hope it is clearer.

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	08/20/12 01:19 PM (13 years ago) Gotcha. In the Advanced Properties section for the HTML Screen, there is a "Document Behaviour" section and a "Show Launch in Native App Button" section. Set this to yes, and the person can launch that entire page in the native browser (not just the link, though). From a non-coding perspective, that's the best you can do with the current functionality. Though, they could hit the link, which opens in the normal webView, but which has a Launch in Native App button. David @ Buzztouch also wrote this document on intercepting tap events, which might help you code the actual link itself to launch in the native browser: http://www.buzztouch.com/files/howtos/intercepting-menu-taps.pdf Mark Comments Gotcha. In the Advanced Properties section for the HTML Screen, there is a "Document Behaviour" section and a "Show Launch in Native App Button" section. Set this to yes, and the person can launch that entire page in the native browser (not just the link, though). From a non-coding perspective, that's the best you can do with the current functionality. Though, they could hit the link, which opens in the normal webView, but which has a Launch in Native App button. David @ Buzztouch also wrote this document on intercepting tap events, which might help you code the actual link itself to launch in the native browser: http://www.buzztouch.com/files/howtos/intercepting-menu-taps.pdf Mark

Dromundi I hate code! Posts: 43 Reg: Feb 17, 2012 location unknow... 730	08/22/12 07:48 AM (13 years ago) Hi Mark, Thanks a lot for the answer. About the first solution it could possibly be ok but I would really prefer that it is just the link. I have to think if I can compromise with that. Thanks as well for the link but my knowledge of C-objective is very limited. I would be afraid to destroy my app changing the code! ;) Comments Hi Mark, Thanks a lot for the answer. About the first solution it could possibly be ok but I would really prefer that it is just the link. I have to think if I can compromise with that. Thanks as well for the link but my knowledge of C-objective is very limited. I would be afraid to destroy my app changing the code! ;)

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