In my app, I have implemented a private method in my AppDelegate
to override the default openURL:
method in order to open links inside my app within UIWebView
. But now I need the default functionalities in place too.
Here's what I did:
@implementation UIApplication (Private)
- (BOOL)customOpenURL:(NSURL*)url
{
AppDelegate *MyWatcher = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
if (MyWatcher.currentViewController) {
[MyWatcher.currentViewController handleURL:url];
return YES;
}
return NO;
}
@end
- (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application {
Method customOpenUrl = class_getInstanceMethod([UIApplication class], @selector(customOpenURL:));
Method openUrl = class_getInstanceMethod([UIApplication class], @selector(openURL:));
method_exchangeImplementations(openUrl, customOpenUrl);
}
I also implemented handleURL:
in my class where the custom open URL handling was needed. However, this is hindering my other class in which I just want to do a simple open of an iTunes link in iTunes. So what I don't know how to achieve is how to use the original openURL:
in place of customOpenURL:
.
You can just subclass UIApplication
and override openURL:
directly. Be sure to change the principle class in your Info.plist
to use your UIApplication
subclass.
Example:
@interface ECApplication : UIApplication
@end
@implementation ECApplication
- (BOOL)openURL:(NSURL*)url
{
AppDelegate *MyWatcher = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
if (MyWatcher.currentViewController) {
[MyWatcher.currentViewController handleURL:url];
return YES;
}
return NO;
}
@end
Then, in your Info.plist
file, look for the Principle Class key, and change the value to ECApplication
(or whatever you name your subclass).