Swift - open URL from button click - ios

Question

I am learning Swift and iOS development, and I am just trying to figure out how to open an URL from a button click.
I found this answer: SwiftUI: How do I make a button open a URL in safari?
So I am trying to incorporate "Link" into my code below:
class ViewController: UIViewController {
private let visitwebsitebutton: UIButton = {
let visitwebsitebutton = UIButton()
visitwebsitebutton.backgroundColor = .gray
visitwebsitebutton.setTitle("Visit Website", for: .normal)
visitwebsitebutton.setTitleColor(.white, for: .normal)
visitwebsitebutton.titleLabel?.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 18)
visitwebsitebutton.layer.cornerRadius = 20
visitwebsitebutton.Link("Some label", destination: URL(string: "https://www.mylink.com")!) // <-- link used here
return visitwebsitebutton
}()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
view.addSubview(visitwebsitebutton)
}
}
Using Link above gives me an error that reads "Value of type 'UIButton' has no member 'Link'".
What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it?
Edit 1
I just tried this inside private let visitwebsitebutton:
visitwebsitebutton(action: {"www.redacted.com"})
But now I'm getting the below error:
Cannot call value of non-function type 'UIButton'
Edit 2
Within private let visitwebsitebutton, I attempted the following:
visitwebsitebutton.addTarget(self, action: "buttonClicked", for: UIControl.Event.touchUpInside)
Using the above, I am getting a few warning:
'self' refers to the method 'ViewController.self', which may be unexpected
Use 'ViewController.self' to silence this warning
No method declared with Objective-C selector 'buttonClicked'
Replace '"buttonClicked"' with 'Selector("buttonClicked")'
I tried to call the buttonClicked like this:
#objc func buttonClicked(sender:UIButton)
{
if(sender.tag == 5){
var abc = "argOne" //Do something for tag 5
}
print("hello")
}
And above, I am getting the below warning:
Initialization of variable 'abc' was never used; consider replacing with assignment to '_' or removing it
Replace 'var abc' with '_'
I just want to get the button to work.

Answer 1

This is how I solved the problem:
class ViewController: UIViewController {
private lazy var visitwebsitebutton: UIButton = {
let visitwebsitebutton = UIButton()
let mygreen = UIColor(rgb: 0x12823b)
visitwebsitebutton.backgroundColor = mygreen
visitwebsitebutton.setTitle("Visit Website", for: .normal)
visitwebsitebutton.setTitleColor(.white, for: .normal)
visitwebsitebutton.titleLabel?.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 18)
visitwebsitebutton.layer.cornerRadius = 20
visitwebsitebutton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(visitwebsitebuttonTapped), for: .touchUpInside)
return visitwebsitebutton
}()
#objc func visitwebsitebuttonTapped() {
if let yourURL = URL(string: "https://www.somesite.com") {
UIApplication.shared.open(yourURL, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
}
}
}
If anyone needs help with iOS mobile development with Swift, and you just want to be able to click on a button and have it take you to a site, look no further.