How to read html file opened in safari using openURL()

Question

I am trying to open a page using

UIApplication.sharedApplication.openURL(url)

I do few clicks and then it opens another page. I want to read that html body/content of newly opened page. How do I go about it?

Is there any other way to open a browser (in built browser and not UIWebview) and do the same?

Edit : Say, I am opening google

UIApplication.sharedApplication.openURL(new NSUrl("www.google.com"));

I search for apple and it shows the results. Now I click wikipedia and it opens a page ie., wikipedia page for apple. How do i get the html content of that wikipedia apple page? is there a way?

You need to be more precise with your question. We have no idea where to start answering because we don't know exactly what your problem is. could you paste more code to give us some context? — Jonathan Yaniv Ben Avraham, Jun 16 '16 at 08:49
@JonathanYanivBenAvraham I have edited. i hope it is clear now — hyoyin_Kyuoma, Jun 16 '16 at 08:58
Well you could always right click and view source, that'll give you the HTML layout of the webpage — Jonathan Yaniv Ben Avraham, Jun 16 '16 at 09:05
Is there a way to read that in your app ? @JonathanYanivBenAvraham — hyoyin_Kyuoma, Jun 16 '16 at 09:09
[this is a potential solution](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2625638/5971639) — Jonathan Yaniv Ben Avraham, Jun 16 '16 at 09:11
this is a good solution if i know link address the user clicks, but I dont know that @JonathanYanivBenAvraham — hyoyin_Kyuoma, Jun 16 '16 at 09:22
create an eventHandler and store the link the user clicks in a string variable? and use the variable instead a string in the parentheses — Jonathan Yaniv Ben Avraham, Jun 16 '16 at 13:43

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 16 '16 at 09:51

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In iOS you won't be able to do that.

I could do this easily using a WebView inside a ViewController.

public override void ViewDidLoad()
{
    base.ViewDidLoad();

    webView.LoadRequest(new NSUrlRequest(new NSUrl("https://xamarin.com")));

    webView.LoadFinished += (sender, e) =>
    {
        if (webView.IsLoading)
        {
            return;
        }
        var html = webView.EvaluateJavascript("document.documentElement.outerHTML");
    };
}

answered Jun 16 '16 at 09:51

jzeferino

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Thank you !! Can you tell me how to synchronise the loadfinished. For example, i have to return the html variable. It returns a null right now. How to wait for the loading to finish before returning it.? – hyoyin_Kyuoma Jun 17 '16 at 04:51
When you call the EvaluateJavascript the page has already loaded totally. You will get the full HTML. You don't need to synchronize. – jzeferino Jun 17 '16 at 08:08

How to read html file opened in safari using openURL()

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