react-native-iab

A React Native module which opens a URL in an embedded 'In-App' browser (if available), falling back to the regular browser.

Prerequisities

Platforms

This library supports the following platforms:

• iOS 8+
• Android 4.4+

Lower versions should work, but may not.

Framework

Ensure you are running React Native 0.50 or above.

Dependencies

This module is really just a convenience wrapper around these excellent libraries:

• react-native-safari-view
• react-native-custom-tabs

Before installing this module, please ensure the above libraries are installed and linked into the project. Follow the documentation in the links above to achieve this.

Installation

With the prereuisites fulfilled, you can install this library with yarn or npm:

yarn add react-native-iab

or

npm install react-native-iab

Usage

import { openBrowser, closeBrowser } from 'react-native-iab';
 
// Open a link to the Google homepage in the in-app browser,
// falling back to the external browser if no in-app browser
// is available.
openBrowser('http://google.co.uk');
 
// Opens a link and configures the in-app browser
// with the specified options.
openBrowser('http://google.co.uk', {
  ios: {
    // Any iOS specific options can be set here
    // See https://github.com/naoufal/react-native-safari-view#showsafarioptions
    readerMode: true,
    tintColor: '#FCFCFC',
    barTintColor: '#607D8B',
  },
  android: {
    // Any Android specific options can be set here
    // See https://github.com/droibit/react-native-custom-tabs#customized-for-android
    toolbarColor: '#607D8B',
    enableUrlBarHiding: true,
    showPageTitle: true,
    enableDefaultShare: true,
  }
});
 
// Open the browser without falling back to the external browser.
openBrowser('http://google.co.uk', {
  noExternal: true
});
 
// Close the browser (iOS only).
closeBrowser();
 
// Run the passed callback when the browser is shown (iOS only).
onShow(() => console.log('Browser shown'));
 
// Clear a previously set onShow callback (iOS only).
clearOnShow();
 
// Run the passed callback when the browser is hidden (iOS only).
onHide(() => console.log('Browser hidden'));
 
// Clear a previously set onHide callback (iOS only).
clearOnHide();

Credits

This library stands on the shoulders of the dependencies listed above, and is merely a piece of glue to bring the two together with common syntax.

Huge credit must therefore go to @naoufal and @droibit for doing the real work here.

License

MIT