window.open() with _system does not work with wkwebview (on cordova-ios 6.0.0)

Bug Report

Problem

Safari does not open with wkwebview. With UIwebview, before the updates, it worked

window.open('https://google.com', "_self") - this opens a new page in inappbrowser (as expected) window.open('https://google.com', "_blank") - nothing window.open('https://google.com', "_system") - nothing I’ve tried also with <a href="https://google.com" target="_system">foo</a> but nothing happens

What is expected to happen?

Open the system browser

What does actually happen?

Nothing

Information

Command or Code

Noteworthy lines on config.xml

    <allow-navigation href="*" />
    <allow-intent href="*" />
    <access origin="*" />

Dependencies

  "dependencies": {
    "cordova-android": "^8.1.0",
    "cordova-ios": "^6.0.0",
    "cordova-plugin-androidx": "^2.0.0",
    "cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter": "^1.1.1",
    "cordova-plugin-browsertab": "0.2.0",
    "cordova-plugin-buildinfo": "4.0.0",
    "cordova-plugin-compat": "1.2.0",
    "cordova-plugin-customurlscheme": "5.0.1",
    "cordova-plugin-device": "^2.0.3",
    "cordova-plugin-firebase-messaging": "^4.0.2",
    "cordova-plugin-inappbrowser": "git+https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser.git",
    "cordova-support-android-plugin": "^1.0.2",
    "cordova-support-google-services": "^1.4.0",
    "cordova-universal-links-plugin-fix": "1.2.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "cordova-plugin-whitelist": "1"
  },
  "cordova": {
    "plugins": {
      "cordova-plugin-whitelist": {},
      "cordova-plugin-firebase-messaging": {
        "FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_VERSION": "17.2.+",
        "FIREBASE_MESSAGING_VERSION": "20.1.+",
        "ANDROIDX_CORE_VERSION": "1.0.+"
      },
      "cordova-plugin-device": {},
      "cordova-plugin-buildinfo": {},
      "cordova-universal-links-plugin": {},
      "cordova-plugin-browsertab": {},
      "cordova-plugin-customurlscheme": {
        "URL_SCHEME": "----------------"
      },
      "cordova-plugin-androidx": {},
      "cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter": {},
      "cordova-plugin-inappbrowser": {}
    },
    "platforms": [
      "ios",
      "android"
    ]
  }

Environment, Platform, Device

iOS 13.3 on Catalina simulator

Version information

cordova version: 9.0.0 (cordova-lib@9.0.1) cordova platform: cordova-ios 6.0.0 tested on: iOS 13.3 on Catalina simulator

Checklist

• I searched for existing GitHub issues
• I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
• I included all the necessary information above

[victor-sanchez-ccc]

I solved this using latest version of cordova-plugin-inappbrowser install the plugin and change window.open whit cordova.InAppBrowser.open this way , cordova.InAppBrowser.open('https://www.google.com', '_system', 'hidden=yes,location=no') and works perfect .

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

[bgever]

I found that using window.open() inside a synchronous click event handler works, but if the window.open() is called asynchronously (e.g. in an Angular rxjs observable), then it is blocked.

This blocking behavior can be tested when you attach the Safari devtools, and then try to run window.open() from the Console, it will also return null. However, if you attach a click event listener to any element from the Console, and call the same window.open() inside the handler, it will execute when clicking the element. This seems to be a Safari security feature.