Here is a video showing off Chrome CustomTabs in NativeScript.

Android

CustomTabs

iOS

SFSafariViewController

Why use this? Because Perf Matters

Android Comparison

Demo

| Android | iOS | | ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | | | |

Installation

To install execute

tns plugin add nativescript-advanced-webview

Example

TypeScript

Initiate the service before the app starts e.g app.ts, main.ts

import { init } from 'nativescript-advanced-webview';
init();

import { openAdvancedUrl, AdvancedWebViewOptions } from 'nativescript-advanced-webview';

public whateverYouLike() {

    const opts: AdvancedWebViewOptions = {
        url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ',
        toolbarColor: '#ff4081',
        toolbarControlsColor: '#333', // iOS only
        showTitle: false, // Android only
        isClosed: (res) => {
            console.log('closed it', res);
        }
    };

    openAdvancedUrl(opts);
}

Javascript

Initiate the service before the app starts e.g app.ts, main.ts

var AdvancedWebView = require('nativescript-advanced-webview');

AdvancedWebView.init();

exports.whateverYouLike = function(args){
    var opts = {
        url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ',
        toolbarColor: '#ff4081',
        toolbarControlsColor: '#333', // iOS only
        showTitle: false, // Android only
        isClosed: function (res) {
            console.log('closed it', res);
        }
    };

   AdvancedWebView.openAdvancedUrl(opts);

API

• openAdvancedUrl(options: AdvancedWebViewOptions)

AdvancedWebViewOptions Properties

• url: string
• toolbarColor: string
• toolbarControlsColor: string - ** iOS only **
• showTitle: boolean - ** Android only **
• isClosed: Function - callback when the browser closes

Demo App

• fork the repo
• cd into the src directory
• execute npm run demo.android or npm run demo.ios