Xcode Opening a WebView in another ViewController

Question

I'm trying to make an app with a button which launch a webview.

I've followed many tutorial and read differents topic about the subject but I cant get it working : I'm getting this message when I test my code :

    "Cannot call value of non-function type UIWebView!"

Here's the steps I did until now

Adding a button in the principal view Controller
Creating an another view Controller named 'WebViewController'
Adding a segue to link the button to WebViewController
Creating a new Cocoa Touch Class file 'WebViewController'
Setting the WebViewController custom class with the WebViewController class
Adding a webView in the WebViewController ViewController named 'myWebView'

Here's the WebViewController class (in which I got the error when I run the project)

  import UIKit

  class WebViewController: UIViewController{

  @IBOutlet weak var myWebView: UIWebView!

  override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
    //define url
    let url = NSURL (string: "http://www.my-url.com")
    //request
    let req = NSURLRequest(url: url as! URL)
    //load request into the webview
    myWebview(req as URLRequest) //error happens here : 
}

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


/*
// MARK: - Navigation

// In a storyboard-based application, you will often want to do a little preparation before navigation
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
    // Get the new view controller using segue.destinationViewController.
    // Pass the selected object to the new view controller.
}
*/

}

Here's a screenshot (picture talks more than long text, right =)

Thanks !

see this once http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39682344/swift-3-webview — Anbu.Karthik, Jan 24 '17 at 13:38
Thanks @Anbu.Karthik ! Its working ! I dont know why but its definitely working ! — skytorner, Jan 24 '17 at 14:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 24 '17 at 18:40

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You can use SFSafariViewController:

import SafariServices

let url = URL(string: "https://www.google.com")
let safariVC: SFSafariViewController = SFSafariViewController(url: url)

self.present(safariVC, animated: true, completion: nil)

I used swift 3 syntax. That code opens a Safari Web view and you dont need to create segues and view controlles in storyboard.

answered Jan 24 '17 at 18:40

Lucas Palaian

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You can set tint color, title and other properties to it. Hope it helps! – Lucas Palaian Jan 24 '17 at 18:44
I'll try that later too ! Thanks ! – skytorner Jan 25 '17 at 08:47

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '17 at 13:50

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Try to use:

  let url = NSURL (string: "https://google.com")
  let request = NSURLRequest(url: url as! URL)
  self. myWebView.loadRequest(request as URLRequest)

This code works for me

answered Jan 24 '17 at 13:50

DiegoQ

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Thanks for your reply ! Im gonna try that later ! – skytorner Jan 24 '17 at 14:02

Xcode Opening a WebView in another ViewController

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