Problem:
I would like SFSafariViewController to autoplay a YouTube video in full screen.
Code:
import SafariServices
#objc func handleYTTap(_ sender: UIGestureRecognizer) {
let youtubeVideoURL = "https://youtu.be/d9MyW72ELq0"
let bookmark = NSURL(string: youtubeVideoURL)
let safari = SFSafariViewController(url: bookmark as! URL)
if(UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad) {
safari.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen
}else{
safari.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen
}
self.present(safari, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
Tried Solutions:
I have tried to implement
"?playsinline=1?autoplay=1".
to the url but still cant get the SFSafariViewController to autoplay in full screen. is this even possible to do without creating a custom view or using a library of some sort?
Using SFSafariViewController, works well but for some reason when I go to this webpage [knowitall.ch], it starts up by opening a zoomed view? with a small black box that I need to press to get the full webpage.
My code couldn't be simpler.
if let url = URL(string: url2U) {
let vc = SFSafariViewController(url: url, entersReaderIfAvailable: true)
vc.delegate = self
present(vc, animated: true)
}
If I press the box I get the correct view, how to code around this so I open with the second view here? black box not required :)
That "zoomed view" is the Reader Mode. It shows up because you asked for it. Set entersReaderIfAvailable to false if you don't want it. Also, init(url:entersReaderIfAvailable:) has been deprecated in iOS 11. You need to initialize it with a config object:
if let url = URL(string: url2U) {
let vc: SFSafariViewController
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
let config = SFSafariViewController.Configuration()
config.entersReaderIfAvailable = false
vc = SFSafariViewController(url: url, configuration: config)
} else {
vc = SFSafariViewController(url: url, entersReaderIfAvailable: false)
}
vc.delegate = self
present(vc, animated: true)
}
I'm using Safari Services kit to present a web view when an SCNode is clicked. However, when I go back from the safariVC to my VC with the sceneView, the sceneView is frozen even though I restart the session by re-running the session.
I read on this website that presenting another VC kills the scene view thread and I would just like confirmation. Basically I want to know whether it is possible to present another VC and be able to go back to the sceneView and "resume" the scenView
Note:
VC = ViewController
Code
How I present my safari web VC
func presentWebView(){
if let url = URL(string: "https://www.amazon.com/"){
let safariVC = SFSafariViewController(url: url)
self.present(safariVC, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
How I restart my session
if let worldSessionConfig = sessionConfig as? ARWorldTrackingSessionConfiguration {
worldSessionConfig.planeDetection = .horizontal
session.run(worldSessionConfig, options: [.resetTracking, .removeExistingAnchors])
}
Use sceneView.session.pause() when you present safariVC and then use sceneView.session.run to restart session when safariVC is dismissed.
I am creating an iOS Application iMessage Extension.
According to Example by Apple, I creating a message according to provided logic
guard let url: URL = URL(string: "http://www.google.com") else { return }
let message = composeMessage(url: url)
activeConversation?.insert(message, completionHandler: { [weak self] (error: Error?) in
guard let error = error else { return }
self?.presentAlert(error: error)
})
also
private func composeMessage(url: URL) -> MSMessage {
let layout = MSMessageTemplateLayout()
layout.caption = "caption"
layout.subcaption = "subcaption"
layout.trailingSubcaption = "trailing subcaption"
let message = MSMessage()
message.url = url
message.layout = layout
return message
}
and
private func presentAlert(error: Error) {
let alertController: UIAlertController = UIAlertController(
title: "Error",
message: error.localizedDescription,
preferredStyle: .alert
)
let cancelAction: UIAlertAction = UIAlertAction(
title: "OK",
style: .cancel,
handler: nil
)
alertController.addAction(cancelAction)
present(
alertController,
animated: true,
completion: nil
)
}
As far as I understand, after message is sent, on a click, Safari browser should be opened.
When I click on a sent message, MessageViewController screen takes place in whole screen, without opening safari or another app.
Where is the problem? How can I achieve desired functionality?
Here is the code I use to open a URL from a iMessage extension. It is currently working to open the Music app in the WATUU iMessage application. For instance with the URL
"https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/as%C3%AD/1154300311?i=1154300401&uo=4&app=music"
This functionality currently works in iOS 10, 11 and 12
func openInMessagingURL(urlString: String){
if let url = NSURL(string:urlString){
let context = NSExtensionContext()
context.open(url, completionHandler: nil)
var responder = self as UIResponder?
while (responder != nil){
if responder?.responds(to: Selector("openURL:")) == true{
responder?.perform(Selector("openURL:"), with: url)
}
responder = responder!.next
}
}
}
UPDATE FOR SWIFT 4
func openInMessagingURL(urlString: String){
if let url = URL(string:urlString){
let context = NSExtensionContext()
context.open(url, completionHandler: nil)
var responder = self as UIResponder?
while (responder != nil){
if responder?.responds(to: #selector(UIApplication.open(_:options:completionHandler:))) == true{
responder?.perform(#selector(UIApplication.open(_:options:completionHandler:)), with: url)
}
responder = responder!.next
}
}
}
I think safari Browser only opens for macOS. This worked for me:
override func didSelectMessage(message: MSMessage, conversation: MSConversation) {
if let message = conversation.selectedMessage {
// message selected
// Eg. open your app:
let url = // your apps url
self.extensionContext?.openURL(url, completionHandler: { (success: Bool) in
})
}
}
Using the technique shown by Julio Bailon
Fixed for Swift 4 and that openURL has been deprecated.
Note that the extensionContext?.openURL technique does not work from an iMessage extension - it only opens your current app.
I have posted a full sample app showing the technique on GitHub with the relevant snippet here:
let handler = { (success:Bool) -> () in
if success {
os_log("Finished opening URL")
} else {
os_log("Failed to open URL")
}
}
let openSel = #selector(UIApplication.open(_:options:completionHandler:))
while (responder != nil){
if responder?.responds(to: openSel ) == true{
// cannot package up multiple args to openSel so we explicitly call it on the iMessage application instance
// found by iterating up the chain
(responder as? UIApplication)?.open(url, completionHandler:handler) // perform(openSel, with: url)
return
}
responder = responder!.next
}
It seems it is not possible to open an app from a Message Extension, except the companion app contained in the Workspace. We have tried to open Safari from our Message Extension, it did not work, this limitation seems by design.
You could try other scenari to solve your problem :
Webview in Expanded Message Extension
You could have a Webview in your Message Extension, and when you click
on a message, you could open the Expanded mode and open you Url in the
Webview.
The user won't be in Safari, but the page will be embedded in your Message Extension.
Open the Url in the Companion App
On a click on the message, you could open your Companion app (through
the Url Scheme with MyApp://?myParam=myValue) with a special parameter
; the Companion app should react to this parameter and could redirect
to Safari through OpenUrl.
In this case, you'll several redirects before the WebPage, but it should allow to go back to the conversation.
We have also found that we could instance a SKStoreProductViewController in a Message Extension, if you want to open the Apple Store right in Messages and let the user buy items.
If you only need to insert a link, then you should use activeConversation.insertText and insert the link. Touching the message will open Safari.
openURL in didSelectMessage:conversation: by using extensionContext
handle the URL scheme in your host AppDelegate
I'm looking to use the SFSafariViewController and have it automatically load a website when the app is opened. Is this possible?
What I have so far (brand new single ios app):
// ViewController.swift
let urlString = "https://stackoverflow.com"
#IBAction func launchSFSafariViewController(sender: AnyObject) {
if let url = NSURL(string: urlString) {
let vc = SFSafariViewController(URL: url, entersReaderIfAvailable: true)
vc.delegate = self
presentViewController(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
How do I connect the action to the main view controller via the storyboard? All the articles I see only discuss connecting a button to an action.
Implement viewDidAppear to perform the presentation. (You will need to use a Bool flag, though, to make sure this doesn't happen when you dismiss the presented view controller and viewDidAppear is called again!)