Open YouTube URL in Safari instead of UIWebView - iphone

Question

I'm trying to load any URL, after the initial load, in Safari. With any other webpage, this code works fine:
-(BOOL)webView:(UIWebView*)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest*)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType {
NSURL* url = [request URL];
if (UIWebViewNavigationTypeLinkClicked == navigationType)
{
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
But as soon as I head over to m.youtube.com, the code no longer does anything, and YouTube continues to load inside the UIWebView. I can't find anything about this online. Any help?
Here is my entire .m file:
#import "SecondViewController.h"
#interface SecondViewController ()
#end
#implementation SecondViewController
#synthesize topLayer = _topLayer;
#synthesize layerPosition = _layerPosition;
#synthesize webView = webView;
#define VIEW_HIDDEN 260
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
webView.delegate = self;
[webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://m.youtube.com"]]];
[webView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[webView setOpaque:NO];
webView.scrollView.bounces = NO;
webView.scrollView.indicatorStyle = UIScrollViewIndicatorStyleWhite;
[self performSelector:#selector(makeTick)];
self->promoteImages.contentSize = CGSizeMake(1920, 101);
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"Scroll3.png"]];
[self->promoteImages addSubview:imageView];
[promoteImages setShowsHorizontalScrollIndicator:NO];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView *)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType {
if (navigationType == UIWebViewNavigationTypeLinkClicked) {
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:request.URL];
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
#end
And here's my .h file for the View Controller:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
#import <Social/Social.h>
#interface SecondViewController : UIViewController <UIWebViewDelegate>
{
IBOutlet UIScrollView *promoteImages;
NSTimer *time;
IBOutlet UIWebView *webView;
}
#property (nonatomic, nonatomic) UIWebView *webView;
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *topLayer;
#property (nonatomic) CGFloat layerPosition;
#property(nonatomic,readonly,getter=isDragging) BOOL dragging;
#end

Answer 1

Here's the code that I use:
- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView *)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType {
if (navigationType == UIWebViewNavigationTypeLinkClicked) {
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:request.URL];
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
Here's your problem:
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
Change to:
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:request.URL];
You can also specify only certain URLs to open in Safari, for example any URLS beginning with http://www.example.com/share as shown here:
- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView *)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType {
if ((navigationType == UIWebViewNavigationTypeLinkClicked) && ([currentURL hasPrefix:#"http://www.example.com/share"])) {
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:request.URL];
return NO;
}
}