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Can't open a link when the default browser has been changed

After updating to iOS 14 I cannot open urls in the browser if it has been changed from default Safari to Chrome.

I did some investigation and found that UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(url) always returns false.

Please help.

Solution

  • For iOS 14+

    I suggest to add this to your Info.plist

     <key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
    <array>
      <string>https</string>
    </array>

    By adding this you can continue to use method canOpenURL(_ url: URL) -> Bool

    guard let url = URL(string: "https://example.com") else { return }
if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(url) {
    UIApplication.shared.open(url)
}