Using: html5.run("window.open('...')") --Popup Blocked?

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Hi,

Running the following command on HTML5 version has issues:

html5.run("window.open('https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fallenangelsoftware.redlightracer')")

On Windows 10

  • Microsoft Edge: Popup blocked
  • Mozilla Firefox: Popup blocked
  • Google Chrome: OK (opens in new tab)
  • Opera browser: Popup blocked

How can I fix the issues above, thanks!

Jesse

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This is an issue with the browsers, and probably a security thing, nothing we can circumvent from Defold.

But it might be worth noting that such a call should be triggered from inside a on_input function, since some browsers will block certain actions that does not occur during input events.

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Try this trick:

it works ok in html5 version of my game: LookYourLoot 1.06 (see html code here: Dragosha/hamster/index.html at master · Dragosha/Dragosha · GitHub)

Main thing is calling url opening function when user make a click.

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