How to replace - (BOOL)application: openURL: sourceApplication: annotation:(id)annotation

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Well I tried my best to resolve this but had absoultely no luck.

I have this paragraph that use to work properly. But need to resolve the deprecate method.

-(BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application openURL:(NSURL *)url sourceApplication:(NSString *)sourceApplication annotation:(id)annotation {

    NSLog(@"%@",url.scheme);
    NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource: @"Info" ofType: @"plist"];
    NSDictionary *dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile: path];
    NSString *str = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"fb%@",[dict objectForKey: @"FacebookAppID"]] ;

    BOOL result = [[FBSDKApplicationDelegate sharedInstance] application:application
                                                          openURL:url
                                                sourceApplication:sourceApplication
                                                       annotation:annotation
            ];
    if (result) {
        return YES;
    }

    return [self.instagram handleOpenURL:url];
}

I see that it is now deprecated.

iOS (4.2 and later) Deprecated:Use application:openURL:options: instead. Which produces the following. But this is not called. What am I missing?

-(BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application openURL:(NSURL *)url options:(NSDictionary<NSString *,id> *)options{
NSLog(@"%@",url.scheme);
        NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource: @"Info" ofType: @"plist"];
        NSDictionary *dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile: path];
        NSString *str = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"fb%@",[dict objectForKey: @"FacebookAppID"]] ;

        BOOL result = [[FBSDKApplicationDelegate sharedInstance] application:application
                                                              openURL:url
                                                    sourceApplication:sourceApplication
                                                           annotation:annotation
                ];
        if (result) {
            return YES;
        }

        return [self.instagram handleOpenURL:url];
    }

Thank you in advance for reviewing and any help is greatly appreciated.

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '16 at 08:36

The method "application:openURL:sourceApplication:annotation:" is deprecated from iOS9 onwards. So basically as @user2559325 suggests , this call back will not work in devices below iOS9. Please refer the following SDK interface.

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application openURL:(NSURL *)url sourceApplication:(nullable NSString *)sourceApplication annotation:(id)annotation

NS_DEPRECATED_IOS(4_2, 9_0, "Please use application:openURL:options:")

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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Look at this post. It's is in swift but its basically the same implementation.

In objective-c it would be something like this

NSString *sourceApplication = options[UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsSourceApplicationKey];
return [[FBSDKApplicationDelegate sharedInstance] application:application
                                                          openURL:url
                                                sourceApplication:sourceApplication
                                                       annotation:nil];

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Feb 12 '16 at 02:53

quant24

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Where would this logic be executed? If in the didFinishLaunchingWithOptions the URL is not available and I referenced this article to access the url scheme but not resolved. [link](http://www.idev101.com/code/Objective-C/custom_url_schemes.html) – JetSet Feb 12 '16 at 07:01
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it would be in the `application:openURL:options:`. The FBSDK will access the plist and use the app schemes to call this method. – quant24 Feb 12 '16 at 14:26
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Thank you! I'll give it a try. But the main thing was I don't know how to call the 'application:openURL:options:' method. – JetSet Feb 12 '16 at 19:29

amiladiman · Answer 3 · 2016-06-15T11:56:07.373

The method you are using is available from iOS 9.0 onwards. It will not be called in devices below iOS 9.0.

Also for it to work in iOS 9+ devices. You have to add the LSApplicationQueriesSchemes key to your Info plist

LSApplicationQueriesSchemes (Array - iOS) Specifies the URL schemes you want the app to be able to use with the canOpenURL: method of the UIApplication class. For each URL scheme you want your app to use with the canOpenURL: method, add it as a string in this array. Read the canOpenURL: method description for important information about declaring supported schemes and using that method.

To learn about the converse operation of registering the URL schemes an app can handle, read the description of the CFBundleURLTypes key.

This key is supported in iOS 9.0 and later.

Instead of posting links as answer add some text to explanation how this answer help to OP in fixing current issue.Thanks — ρяσѕρєя K, Jun 15 '16 at 07:25

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 14:59

Here is the simple solution for this in Swift 3.

func application(_ app: UIApplication, open url: URL, options: [UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey : Any] = [:]) -> Bool {
   return FBSDKApplicationDelegate.sharedInstance().application(app, open: url, options: options)
}

How to replace - (BOOL)application: openURL: sourceApplication: annotation:(id)annotation

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