iOS How to bring up a browser within an app?

[sparetire]

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]

Look in the UIWebView documentation. You can also launch Safari with a URL.

 

[dgdosen]

Check out "The Elements" example for calling up a web page from an app. They call up wikipedia.

 

[sfwalter]

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString😡"http://macrumors.com"]];

 

[Sbrocket]

[[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]

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