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I created a jquery mobile web app and on one of the buttons it links to an .HTML file. When I add the web app to my home screen and tap that button it opens the .HTML page in safari instead of staying within the app. I did some research online and came across this file but I still can't get it to work. Any ideas how to address this?

https://github.com/mrmoses/jQuery.stayInWebApp

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Did my answer work for you? –  Mike Barwick yesterday
 
Sorry but no... :( –  Automator21 yesterday
 
Any console errors? –  Mike Barwick yesterday
 
no nothing. Pages render as fine with the expect for the one that has the external link, that still opens up safari. I'll keep experimenting with it. –  Automator21 yesterday
 
It's an anchor link? Share all your code that applies to this. Your HTML and JS –  Mike Barwick yesterday
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Here's what I use...applies to all anchors. To make a long story short, it's disabling each anchors default behaviour, grabbing the clicked anchor's href, and then using js to open the link within the web-app. Applied to mobile devices only.

<script>
$(function() {
    // prevent anchor links from opening in safari, web-app fix
    if (("standalone" in window.navigator) && window.navigator.standalone) {
        // For iOS Apps
        $('a').on('touchend click', function (e) {
            e.preventDefault(); return false;
            var new_location = $(this).attr('href');
            if (new_location != undefined && new_location.substr(0, 1) != '#' && $(this).attr('data-method') == undefined) {
                window.location = new_location;
            }
        });
    }
});
</script>
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