Exit from app when click button in android phonegap?

Question

I am new to phonegap. I have prepared one sample application. My application has 2 pages, the first page has one button, when clicked the second page will open. It is working fine using the following

         function callAnothePage()
         {
            window.location = "test.html";
         }

The second page has one button, when clicked I want to exit from the application. I used the following

       function exitFromApp()
       {
            navigator.app.exitApp();
       }

test.html code,

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova-2.0.0.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">  
        function onLoad()
        {
            console.log("device reday !!!!")
            document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, true);
        }
        function exitFromApp()
        {
            console.log("in button");
            navigator.app.exitApp();
        }
    </script>
</head>

<body onload="onLoad();">
    <h4><center>Login Page</center></h4>

    <input type="submit" onclick="exitFromApp()" value="exit"/>

</body>
</html>

But it is not working.

score 70 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 06 '12 at 10:26

70

Try this code.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>PhoneGap</title>

        <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova-1.5.0.js"></script>      
        <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

            function onLoad()
            {
                  document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, true);
            }

            function exitFromApp()
             {
                navigator.app.exitApp();
             }

        </script>

    </head>

    <body onload="onLoad();">
       <button name="buttonClick" onclick="exitFromApp()">Click Me!</button>
    </body>
</html>

Replace src="cordova-1.5.0.js" with your phonegap js .

answered Sep 06 '12 at 10:26

Chirag

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Replace with phonegap-1.4.1.js but not working and i got error like, " Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'exitApp' of undefined at file:///android_asset/www/test.html:16" – user1651572 Sep 06 '12 at 10:32
@user1651572 Please download the latest version of phonegap js . It solved your problem . – Chirag Sep 06 '12 at 10:33
can u please send me url for latest version . I goggled for latest js file i am not able to find.... – user1651572 Sep 06 '12 at 10:50
can i know what is difference b/w cordova.js and phonegap.js – user1651572 Sep 06 '12 at 10:55
@user1651572 before that it phonegap.js now its cordova. Nothing else – Chirag Sep 06 '12 at 10:56
added cordova-2.0.0.js and still i got error like cannot call method exitApp – user1651572 Sep 06 '12 at 11:00
@user1651572 take button instead of input type and check agian – Chirag Sep 06 '12 at 11:10
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'exitApp' – user1651572 Sep 06 '12 at 11:22
@user1651572 . Try this navigator.device.exitApp() – Chirag Sep 06 '12 at 11:24
This only minimises the app on Android 8. It doesn't close it fully :S – James Mar 14 '19 at 15:16
As of 2019, iOS ignores all attempts to exit. If it does close it's considered a "crash" since it goes against the developer guidelines. – Kc Gibson Dec 09 '19 at 06:18

score 20 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 24 '16 at 13:02

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There are different ways to close the app, depending on:

if (navigator.app) {
    navigator.app.exitApp();
} else if (navigator.device) {
    navigator.device.exitApp();
} else {
    window.close();
}

edited Nov 24 '16 at 13:02

Flummox - don't be evil SE

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answered Apr 19 '16 at 05:14

Ujjwal Kumar Gupta

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This is a nice way, thanks! Actually, I'd add a typeof check if exitApp is really a function (not sure if this would be present in all cases where navigator.app or navigator.device exist) – Peter T. Sep 21 '18 at 08:34

score 11 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 14 '14 at 23:53

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navigator.app.exitApp();

add this line where you want you exit the application.

edited Oct 14 '14 at 23:53

Unihedron

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answered Oct 14 '14 at 23:42

Anil Singhania

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 24 '13 at 08:12

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@Pradip Kharbuja

In Cordova-2.6.0.js (l. 4032) :

exitApp:function() {
  console.log("Device.exitApp() is deprecated. Use App.exitApp().");
  app.exitApp();
}

answered Apr 24 '13 at 08:12

Shadow

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 16 '16 at 22:09

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if(navigator.app){
        navigator.app.exitApp();
}else if(navigator.device){
        navigator.device.exitApp();
}

answered Mar 16 '16 at 22:09

Stevko

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 04 '16 at 09:01

sorry i can't reply in comment. just FYI, these codes

if (navigator.app) {
navigator.app.exitApp();
}
else if (navigator.device) {
  navigator.device.exitApp();
}
else {
          window.close();
}

i confirm doesn't work. i use phonegap 6.0.5 and cordova 6.2.0

score 1 · Answer 7 · edited May 15 '19 at 16:01

I used a combination of the above because my app works in the browser as well as on device. The problem with browser is it won't let you close the window from a script unless your app was opened by a script (like browsersync).

        if (typeof cordova !== 'undefined') {
            if (navigator.app) {
                navigator.app.exitApp();
            }
            else if (navigator.device) {
                navigator.device.exitApp();
            }
        } else {
            window.close();
            $timeout(function () {
                self.showCloseMessage = true;  //since the browser can't be closed (otherwise this line would never run), ask the user to close the window
            });
        }

Exit from app when click button in android phonegap?

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