Merge pull request #700 from NativeScript/openUrl

openUrl added

utils/utils.android.ts

@@ -131,3 +131,18 @@ export module ad {
 export function GC() {
     gc();
 }
+
+export function openUrl(location: string): boolean {
+    var context = ad.getApplicationContext();
+    try {
+        var intent = new android.content.Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW, android.net.Uri.parse(location.trim()));
+        intent.addFlags(android.content.Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
+
+        context.startActivity(intent);
+    } catch (e) {
+        // We Don't do anything with an error.  We just output it
+        console.error("Error in OpenURL", e);
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}

utils/utils.d.ts

@@ -173,4 +173,10 @@
      * @param source The JSON or JSONP string.
      */
     export function parseJSON(source: string): any
+
+    /**
+     * Opens url.
+     * @param url The url.
+     */
+    export function openUrl(url: string): boolean
 }

utils/utils.ios.ts

@@ -147,3 +147,17 @@ export module ios {
 export function GC() {
     __collect();
 }
+
+export function openUrl(location: string): boolean {
+    try {
+        var url = NSURL.URLWithString(location.trim());
+        if (UIApplication.sharedApplication().canOpenURL(url)) {
+            return UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(url);
+        }
+    }
+    catch (e) {
+        // We Don't do anything with an error.  We just output it
+        console.error("Error in OpenURL", e);
+    }
+    return false;
+}