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sparetire
Aug 9, 2008, 03:54 AM
This must be a stupid question but I couldn't quite figure out.
How do I bring up a browser from an iPhone app? Mind sharing some code samples?
Is there a way to embed an url within an app (eg. like an iframe)?
Thank you in a advance.
-Simon
firewood
Aug 9, 2008, 12:07 PM
Look in the UIWebView documentation. You can also launch Safari with a URL.
louden
Aug 9, 2008, 11:22 PM
Check out "The Elements" example for calling up a web page from an app. They call up wikipedia.
sfwalter
Aug 10, 2008, 10:13 AM
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://macrumors.com"]];
Sbrocket
Aug 10, 2008, 02:39 PM
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://macrumors.com"]];
Keep in mind that this closes your application and launches Safari. This would not be the way to go about an embedded browser - WebKit through UIWebView is the way to do that.
sparetire
Aug 11, 2008, 12:10 PM
Keep in mind that this closes your application and launches Safari. This would not be the way to go about an embedded browser - WebKit through UIWebView is the way to do that.
Does UIWebView work like an iframe? If I click on a link within the WebView, what will happen? Doe it terminate my app and take the user to Safari?
Thanks.
Simon
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