Open html links in the app

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Is it possible to handle the call of an URL Scheme inside the same app?

Here's an example: There is an html link in my app that opening would trigger safari. What I want to do is to tap on that link and that no matter where i am in the app a viewcontroller gets pushed with a webview on it.

If this is possible, where I have to do it? If I handle URL Scheme's calls i need to do it on the app's delegate. Where should i do it in this case? If the viewcontroller needs to be pushed, who is the responsible of pushing it? The appdelegate or the view controller thats currently on screen?

Thanks :)

Please check my [Question][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10945439/detect-click-on-nsurl-on-uitextview Hope it will helps you. Thanks — Mitesh Khatri, Jun 22 '12 at 05:35

rishi · Answer 1 · 2012-06-22T05:35:22.723

UITapGestureRecognizer, if your link is in a label:

UITapGestureRecognizer *gestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(openLink:)];
[yourLinkLabel addGestureRecognizer:gestureRecognizer];
gestureRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
gestureRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView = NO;

If it is a link inside a web page loaded in UIWebView, then you can use:webView:shouldStartLoadWithRequest:navigationType. It will be called every time the user taps a link in the UIWebView.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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Please check my Question

I faced the same problem. Hope it will helps you.

Thanks

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Jun 22 '12 at 05:36

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this is sort of what im looking for. But once I subclass the app delegate, who is the one resposible of pushing the new view controller? – tomidelucca Jun 22 '12 at 05:42
Other things will be same as normal application. – Mitesh Khatri Jun 22 '12 at 06:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 22 '12 at 05:40

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Well its kind of annoying to involve view controller. I found it easier to use javascript to load new links/content within the page. That way one webview is involved and the data/html files get shuffled. Let me know if you need more information.

answered Jun 22 '12 at 05:40

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Melbourne · Answer 4 · 2012-06-22T05:53:36.660

Try this. Use this code in the current controller

WebViewController *objWebViewController     =   [[WebViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"WebViewController" bundle:nil];
                objWebViewController.m_strHtml=[NSString stringWithString:@"www.google.com"];//m_strHtml is a NSString variable in WebViewController class
                [self.navigationController pushViewController:objWebViewController animated:YES];
                [objContentWebViewController release];

Use this in the WebViewController

NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:m_strHtml];
        NSURLRequest * req = [[NSURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:url];
        [url release];
        [Webview loadRequest:req];
        [req release];

ELse you can load the the html inside a web view and the web view opens the links inside it
as default . Use the following code.

m_strHtml=[[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:@"<html><body>%@</body></html>",m_strHtmlContent];//m_strHtmlContent is string variable to store the html content

        [Webview loadHTMLString:m_strHtml baseURL:Nil]; 
        Webview.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];

Open html links in the app

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