Swift White Screen upon returning from SafariWebController - ios

Question

When I open a safari view controller and then return to my app (when "Done" is pressed), my app renders a blank/white screen instead of the content for that view.
The code below is the code I have tried using in an empty view - the issue happens no matter where I try in my app.
import UIKit
import SafariServices
class SavedViewController: UIViewController, SFSafariViewControllerDelegate {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
if let link = URL(string: "https://google.com"){
let myrequest = SFSafariViewController(url: link)
myrequest.delegate = self
present(myrequest, animated:true)
}
}
func safariViewControllerDidFinish(_ controller: SFSafariViewController) {
dismiss(animated:true, completion: nil)
}
}
The website loads fine, its when I return to my app that the blank screen appears. Am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

It works fine.
You just created new UIViewController this way, UIViewController by default have black background. So when you press Done you just come back from SafariViewController to you SavedViewController (UIViewController).
Probably You are looking for UIWebView solution https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiwebview.
If u want only display SafariViewController do it as function from your ViewController, You don't need to create new File with UIViewController class to do it.
import UIKit
import SafariServices
class SavedViewController: UIViewController, SFSafariViewControllerDelegate {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
view.backgroundColor = .gray
setupViews()
}
func safariViewControllerDidFinish(_ controller: SFSafariViewController) {
dismiss(animated:true, completion: nil)
}
private func setupViews(){
view.addSubview(openSafariButton)
openSafariButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(handleOpenSafariButtonTap), for: .touchUpInside)
openSafariButton.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 100, width: view.frame.width, height: 60)
}
#objc func handleOpenSafariButtonTap(){
if let link = URL(string: "https://google.com"){
let myrequest = SFSafariViewController(url: link)
myrequest.delegate = self
present(myrequest, animated:true)
}
}
let openSafariButton: UIButton = {
let button = UIButton()
button.setTitle("openSafari", for: .normal)
button.setTitleColor(.black, for: .normal)
button.backgroundColor = .red
return button
}()
}
That is what i mean.
You can add function:
private func openSafariLink(link: String){
if let link = URL(string: link){
let myrequest = SFSafariViewController(url: link)
present(myrequest, animated:true)
}
}
And call it from any place like that:
openSafariLink(link: "https://google.com")
This way fits more for Your solution.