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      Latest reply on Nov 11, 2016 3:32 AM by eskimo
      iFunnyVlogger Dev Level 1 Level 1 (0 points)
      iFunnyVlogger Dev Oct 31, 2016 10:44 AM

        I have a webview in my app. Whenver the user clicks on a link inside the webview, it opens the link inside the webview. I want it where the link gets opened in the safari app. This is an iOS app btw. Can  you please help me do this? Here's the code:

         

        import UIKit
class FirstViewController: UIViewController {
   
    @IBOutlet var webView: UIWebView!
   
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
       
        var URL = NSURL(string: "http:/
       
        webView.loadRequest(NSURLRequest(url: URL! as URL) as URLRequest)
       
       
    }
   
   
    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        /
    }
   
}
        • Re: Help with links in WebViews.
          eskimo Apple Staff Apple Staff (13,375 points)
          eskimo Nov 1, 2016 3:21 AM (in response to iFunnyVlogger Dev)

          Unless you have specific reasons to stick with UIWebView, I strongly recommend you adopt the more modern WKWebView.

          In WKWebView you can set a navigation delegate that the web view calls as part of the navigation process.  Two of those delegate callbacks — webView(_:decidePolicyForNavigationAction:decisionHandler:) and webView(_:decidePolicyForNavigationResponse:decisionHandler:) — allow you to override navigation policy.  You can implement one of these to cancel the navigation and then open the URL in Safari by UIApplication’s openURL(_:) method.

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            • Re: Help with links in WebViews.
              iFunnyVlogger Dev Level 1 Level 1 (0 points)
              iFunnyVlogger Dev Nov 1, 2016 5:39 AM (in response to eskimo)

              Ok, is there any way to do it with a webview? I am very, very new to coding, and I'm still very much learning.

                • Re: Help with links in WebViews.
                  eskimo Apple Staff Apple Staff (13,375 points)
                  eskimo Nov 2, 2016 3:31 AM (in response to iFunnyVlogger Dev)

                  UIWebView has a delegate that has similar, although less capable, facilities.

                  However, if you’re just starting out with web views, you should use WKWebView; WKWebView is the future of web views, while UIWebView is very much the past.

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                  Quinn “The Eskimo!”
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                    • Re: Help with links in WebViews.
                      iFunnyVlogger Dev Level 1 Level 1 (0 points)
                      iFunnyVlogger Dev Nov 10, 2016 2:33 PM (in response to eskimo)

                      Ok, I'll use WKWebView, what is the code I need to add?

                        • Re: Help with links in WebViews.
                          eskimo Apple Staff Apple Staff (13,375 points)
                          eskimo Nov 11, 2016 3:32 AM (in response to iFunnyVlogger Dev)

                          what is the code I need to add?

                          To do what?  Set up a web view?  Or catch a link?

                          Here’s some code from my WKWebView test app that sets up the web view.

                          class WKWebViewController : UIViewController, WKNavigationDelegate {

    var webView: WKWebView { return self.view as! WKWebView }

    override func loadView() {
        let config = WKWebViewConfiguration()
        let webView = WKWebView(frame: CGRect.zero, configuration: config)
        webView.navigationDelegate = self
        self.view = webView
    }

    …
}

                          I don’t have the code handy for catching link requests, but it should just be a matter of implementing the delegate methods I described above.

                          Share and Enjoy
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                          Quinn “The Eskimo!”
                          Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
                          let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"