Cordova App Launcher Plugin (for iOS and Android)

1. Description
2. Installation
3. Usage
   1. iOS
   2. Android

1. Description

This plugin allows you to check if an app is installed on the user's device.

It requires an URI Scheme (e.g. comgooglemaps://) on iOS or a Package Name (e.g com.google.android.apps.maps) on Android.

Supported Platforms

• iOS
• Android

2. Installation

The Cordova CLI is the recommended way to install, see The Command-line Interface.

$ cordova plugin add https://github.com/byteworks-ch/cordova-plugin-app-launcher.git --save

Prepare and compile your project:

$ cordova prepare
$ cordova build

3. Usage

3.1 iOS

On iOS it is required to add the url schemes that you want to check to the whitelist.

Simply open your app's .plist (usually platforms/ios/<appname>/<appname>-Info.plist) with an editor and add the following code with your needed Schemes.

<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
<array>
    <string>comgooglemaps</string>
    <string>maps</string>
</array>

appLauncher.checkUrl(
    'comgooglemaps://',
    function() {
        console.log('Google Maps is available');
    },
    function() {
        console.log('Google Maps is not available');
    }
);

3.2 Android

appLauncher.checkUrl(
    'com.google.android.apps.maps',
    function(info) {
        // Info parameter is available only for android
        console.log('Google Maps is available. Version: ', info.version);
    },
    function() {
        console.log('Google Maps is not available');
    }
);