Passing URLs with button touch in Objective C - ios

Question

I'm building a basic app for my school and can't figure out how to change the URL to be presented based on the button pressed. I have four buttons and currently have them all linked to temporary URLs, but when I run my app, the webview appears blank and my NSLog returns null for the URL. What am I doing wrong? Here is my code:
TWViewController.h:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface TWViewController : UIViewController
- (IBAction)gradesPressed:(id)sender;
- (IBAction)facPressed:(id)sender;
- (IBAction)newsPressed:(id)sender;
- (IBAction)sportsPressed:(id)sender;
#property (strong, nonatomic) NSURL *url;
#end
TWViewController.m:
#import "TWViewController.h"
#import "TWWebViewController.h"
#interface TWViewController ()
#end
#implementation TWViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
- (IBAction)gradesPressed:(id)sender{
TWWebViewController *webView = [[TWWebViewController alloc] init];
webView.website = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://google.com"];
}
- (IBAction)facPressed:(id)sender {
TWWebViewController *webView = [[TWWebViewController alloc] init];
webView.website = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://yahoo.com"];
}
- (IBAction)newsPressed:(id)sender {
TWWebViewController *webView = [[TWWebViewController alloc] init];
webView.website = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://facebook.com"];
}
- (IBAction)sportsPressed:(id)sender {
TWWebViewController *webView = [[TWWebViewController alloc] init];
webView.website = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://apple.com"];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
//- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender{
//
// TWWebViewController *wbc = (TWWebViewController *)segue.destinationViewController;
//}
#end
TWWebViewController.h:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface TWWebViewController : UIViewController
{
UIWebView *webView;
NSString *website;
}
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIWebView *webView;
#property (strong, nonatomic) NSURL *website;
#end
TWWebViewController.m:
#import "TWWebViewController.h"
#import "TWWebViewController.h"
#interface TWWebViewController ()
#end
#implementation TWWebViewController
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:self.website];
[self.webView loadRequest:urlRequest];
NSLog(#"%#", website);
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
I'm fairly new to iOS Development, so I'm not quite sure if I'm even on the right track. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Answer 1

You need to push your controller after initializing it: Also, your NSString is not an NSURL object so do this also in your TWWebViewController: NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:self.website]];
TWWebViewController.m:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:
[NSURL URLWithString:self.website]];
[self.webView loadRequest:urlRequest];
}
TWViewController.m:
- (IBAction)sportsPressed:(id)sender
{
TWWebViewController *webView = [self.storyboard
instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"WebView"];
webView.website = #"http://apple.com";
[self.navigationController pushViewController:webView animated:YES];
}
Also don't forget to do this in your storyboard file: