Opening an URL scanned from a QR code in SFSafariViewController - swift

Question

I'm trying to make my app open the scanned url from qr codes. I made a qr code scanner but it only copies the value of the scanned qr code to the pasteboard. I'm trying to make it open it in a SFSafariViewController.
instead of "Copy" option, I want to make it "Open" and actually open the scanned url.
Here's my code
func captureOutput(_ captureOutput: AVCaptureOutput!, didOutputMetadataObjects metadataObjects: [Any]!, from connection: AVCaptureConnection!) {
if metadataObjects != nil && metadataObjects.count != 0
{
if let object = metadataObjects[0] as? AVMetadataMachineReadableCodeObject
{
if object.type == AVMetadataObjectTypeQRCode
{
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "QR Code", message: object.stringValue, preferredStyle: .alert)
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Retake", style: .default, handler: nil))
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Copy", style: .default, handler: { (nil) in
UIPasteboard.general.string = object.stringValue
}))
present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

Using safariviewController is pretty straightforward
First you have to import safariservices and then present the safaricontroller with a url
The basic codes to this are
import SafariServices
func loadSafari(url : String){
guard let url = URL(string: url) else { return }
let safariController = SFSafariViewController(url: url)
present(safariController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
place this code in your class and call the function inside your capture output
func captureOutput(_ captureOutput: AVCaptureOutput!, didOutputMetadataObjects metadataObjects: [Any]!, from connection: AVCaptureConnection!) {
if metadataObjects != nil && metadataObjects.count != 0
{
if let object = metadataObjects[0] as? AVMetadataMachineReadableCodeObject
{
if object.type == AVMetadataObjectTypeQRCode
{
UIPasteboard.general.string = object.stringValue
loadSafari(url: object.stringValue)
}))
present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
}
clicking on the done will dismiss the safariController and have the user navigate back to the previous viewcontroller.
I hope this helps. Let me know how it goes.

Answer 2

Your code shows no sign of attempting to use the SFSafariViewController. Have you tried something like the below?
import SafariServices
if let url = URL(string: object.stringValue) {
let browser = SFSafariViewController(url: url)
}
This won't make it magically appear, there will still be some work you need to do yourself to present it to the user such as:
presentViewController(browser, animated: true, completion: nil)