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Muthu
Muthu

Reputation: 928

Opening hyperlink in a browser from iOS app

I am new to iOS development. I created a basic html page with hyperlink. I converted the html page into app using the following code.

class ViewController: UIViewController, UIWebViewDelegate {

    @IBOutlet weak var lupView: UIWebView!
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
        lupView.loadRequest(URLRequest(url: Bundle.main.url(forResource: "lup_package/lup/index", withExtension: "html")!))


    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }


}

Everything works good when I build it to iPad Air. But when I tap on the hyperlink, the target website is opening in the app itself. I would want that to be opened in a browser. Please help me to achieve that and it would be great if you explain me is that working.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3145

Answers (1)

Lawliet
Lawliet

Reputation: 3499

If you simply want to open a url using Safari, the following should help.

if let url = URL(string: "https://www.google.com") {
    UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:])
}

In case you want to open hyperlinks on your WebView using Safari. Check this out. You need to use webView:shouldStartLoadWith delegate method. Remember to set lupView.delegate = self in your view controller or Storyboard.

    func webView(_ webView: UIWebView, shouldStartLoadWith request: URLRequest, navigationType: UIWebViewNavigationType) -> Bool {

        if navigationType == .linkClicked {
            // Open links in Safari
            guard let url = request.url else { return true }

            if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
                UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
            } else {
                // openURL(_:) is deprecated in iOS 10+.
                UIApplication.shared.openURL(url)
            }
            return false
        }

        // Handle other navigation types...
        return true
    }

Upvotes: 2

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