Service provider stops working when InAppBrowser uses "_self"

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Current behavior:

In my application I have a setInterval service running on the first page, and it increments a counter every second so I can verify its operation. The second page has buttons to try InAppBrowser with _blank and _self. Another button shows the counter. It keeps incrementing when using _blank but it does not increment while using _self. Once I exit the InAppBrowser the counter resumes incrementing.

Expected behavior:

The counter would continue incrementing when _self is used.

Steps to reproduce:

This is the code for invoking InAppBrowser: inAppBrowser.create(url,'_self'); Here is the service provide incrementer: var id = setInterval(function(){ i++; localStorage.setItem('closeViewerFlag', i); }, 1000);

Related code:

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Other information:

It appears that I am not the only one having a problem with service providers when specifying "_self" for InAppBrowser. Here are the related forum topics: InAppBrowser Can’t Subscribe to Event, Nov 2016 InAppBrowser “loadstart” event trigger issue, Aug 2017 InAppBrowser executeScript not working, Apr 2017

Ionic info: (run ionic info from a terminal/cmd prompt and paste output below):

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[paulstelzer]

This is related to Cordova Plugin InAppBrowser and not ionic

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