Open another app from my app

N_Developer

Goodevening!
I would like to add a button that when clicked open another app i’ve made, if installed, or send the user to the store page to download it, how can i do this?

Leonardo Augusto

Hi @N_Developer ! Good evening!

So, to you call a google play page, you’ll need:

https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/reference/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser/

<ons-icon icon="fa fa-share-square-o fa-2x" fixed-width="true" onclick="window.open(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=codigo.flat.leo.moura123684748', '_system')"></ons-icon>

To open an external app you’ll need :

SocialSharing-PhoneGap-Plugin
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser
org.apache.cordova.startapp

Check the app availability

 <script>
        function checkTwitter() {
            appAvailability.check(
                'com.twitter.android', // Package Name
                function () {           // Success callback
                    window.plugins.socialsharing.shareViaTwitter(' Download also ...', null /* img */, ' https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=codigo.flat.leo.moura123684746' /* url */, function () { console.log('share ok') }, function (errormsg) { alert(errormsg) })
                },
                function () {           // Error callback
                    ons.notification.confirm({
                        message: 'twitter is not installed . Do you want to download it?',
                        title: 'Application Unavailable',
                        buttonLabels: ['Yes', 'No'],
                        animation: 'slide',
                        primaryButtonIndex: 1,
                        cancelable: false,
                        callback: function (index) {
                            if (index == 0) {
                                window.open('https://play.google.com/store/apps', '_system')
                            } else if (index == 1) {
 window.open('twitter://user?screen_name=gajotres', '_system', 'location=no');
                            }

                        }
                    });
                }
            );
        }

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