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DckWlff
DckWlff

Reputation: 21

Automatically open an app within iOS

I'm currently developing an app for iOS and I've got a list of PDF files in the app which I want to be able to open (and show).

Now I do know you can do that with the UIDocumentInteractionController, which then shows what apps are able to open the specific file, but I'm looking for a solution where I can open an app (e.g. Adobe Reader) without first having to open the UIDocumentInteractionController, tapping the app I want and then opening it.

Is this possible? And if so: how?

Thanks in advance!

DckWlff

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2089

Answers (1)

arnoapp
arnoapp

Reputation: 2506

You can have a look at URL Schemes. But the app you want to open needs to support it. http://iosdevelopertips.com/cocoa/launching-your-own-application-via-a-custom-url-scheme.html

You can open an app in your App like this:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"myapp://"]];

Edit: You can find some schemes here: http://schemes.zwapp.com

Upvotes: 3

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