I'm trying to open the browser window without leaving the app when I click a URL (for both iOS and Android).
The behavior should be as follows (with airbnb app example):
How can I do this? Do I need to use any specified existing library?
I'm using react-native 0.37, btw.
Thanks.
You can use the new InAppBrowser plugin for React Native, check the next example:
import { Linking } from 'react-native'
import InAppBrowser from 'react-native-inappbrowser-reborn';
...
async openLink() {
try {
const isAvailable = await InAppBrowser.isAvailable()
const url = 'https://www.google.com'
if (isAvailable) {
InAppBrowser.open(url, {
// iOS Properties
dismissButtonStyle: 'cancel',
preferredBarTintColor: 'gray',
preferredControlTintColor: 'white',
// Android Properties
showTitle: true,
toolbarColor: '#6200EE',
secondaryToolbarColor: 'black',
enableUrlBarHiding: true,
enableDefaultShare: true,
forceCloseOnRedirection: true,
}).then((result) => {
Alert.alert(JSON.stringify(result))
})
} else Linking.openURL(url)
} catch (error) {
Alert.alert(error.message)
}
}
...
On the other hand, you can use this plugin with deep linking, check the README of the project.