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React Native – Open browser in the background

i want to open a url with react native. But i dont want to go to the browser page.When i clicked button, it should open a url in the backgorund. But i want to stay in my app . Is there way to do it with expo?

I looked for result for a long time but did not found any solution about it.
I have tried background-feth, react native-linking, window.open and etc.

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  1. 0

    Opening an URL in the background without switching to the browser page is a bit tricky in React Native (Expo) due to security and limitations. Expo does not provide a direct way to achieve this behavior as it goes against their security principles.

    However, you can use the InAppBrowser module to open a URL within your app. This module allows you to display web content inside your React Native app.

    you can refer to [this][1]

    You can install it using:

    expo install expo-in-app-browser

    For example:-

    import React from 'react';
import { View, Button } from 'react-native';
import * as WebBrowser from 'expo-in-app-browser';

const App = () => {
  const openURL = async () => {
    try {
      await WebBrowser.openBrowserAsync('https://www.google.com', {
      });
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Error opening URL', error);
    }
  };

  return (
    <View>
      <Button title="Open URL" onPress={openURL} />
    </View>
  );
};

export default App;
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  2. 0

    To open an url within the app you may library. This library will display the website based on the url given while staying in the application.

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