PI59596: CORDOVA WHITELIST DOES NOT HANDLE SPECIFIC MARKET: URLS

APAR status

• Closed as suggestion for future release.

Error description

• MobileFirst applications that add a specific market URL to the
  Whitelist for Android does not allow navigation to that URL.
  All market URL requests are blocked. Requested URLs are parsed
  incorrectly and therefore fail the comparison to the Whitelist.
  
  Example:
  Whitelisting the Google Maps app in config.xml
  <access
  origin="market://details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps"
  launch-external="yes" />
  
  then trying to access a direct link to the Google Maps app in
  the Google Play Store from index.html:
  <a
  href="market://details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps">Maps</a>
  
  will result in no error shown and the Google Play Store will not
  open
  

Local fix

• Use a non-specific URL in the whitelist:
  <access launch-external="yes" origin="market:*" />
  

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• Cordova may add this functionality at a later time. It is not an
  issue, it is working as intended. What the customer was trying
  to do has not been implemented yet in Cordova.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

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