iPhone - UIWebView not loading first request - iphone

I have a TableViewController with some items, each item when pressed pushes a ViewController with an UIWebView, the ViewController is the same in all cases, but each item asks the webView to load a diferent URL. Now the problem is that the first time I select an item, the webView doesn't load the URL, but if I go back in my navigation controller and then press again any of the items (even the same that the first time), it loads correctly. Why could this be?
This is my code. In my TableViewController I have this inside the didSelectRowAtIndexPath:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSString *urlAddress;
NSInteger row = [indexPath row];
// SELECT THE URL BASED ON THE SELECTED ROW. SECTION OMMITED FOR CLARITY PURPOSES.
urlAddress = #"http://www.google.com";
[browserViewController refreshUrl:urlAddress];
[urlAddress release];
browserViewController.title = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", [itemsArray objectAtIndex:row]];
MyAppDelegate *delegate = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
[delegate.mainNavController pushViewController:browserViewController animated:YES]; }
The browserViewController is initialized in the viewDidLoad method of the TableViewController. In the BrowserViewController implementation I have this method:
- (void) refreshUrl: (NSString *)theUrlAddress{
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString: theUrlAddress];
NSURLRequest *requestObj = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[webView loadRequest:requestObj];}
But this is the method that seems to be working only from the second time is invoked. If I set a breakpoint on it, I can see it is actually being invoked the first time I press the item on the table, but the loadRequest does nothing.
BrowserViewController is also an UIWebViewDelegate. The webViewDidStartLoad and webViewDidFinishLoad methods aren't being invoked the first time either.
Any ideas of why and how to fix it? Thanks!

you are using refreshUrl on the viewController before it has created its UIWebView.
Use a breakpoint and check the value of your webview. I think it is nil for the first time.
Simply move [browserViewController refreshUrl:urlAddress]; to the line after the push.

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webView = nil;
It looks to me like you are setting the webView to nil just before you set the delegate? If it is nil at that point, there is no way that the delegate is going to be set. In fact, when you try to send it any messages, it will just ignore them.
(Also that may be leaking memory.)
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The panes of your split-view interface may then contain navigation controllers,
tab bar controllers,…
the split view controller automatically handles most of the rotation behaviors
And we can’t use UISplitViewController inside TabBars !!

using split view how to load web view in detail view

how to initialise my detail view with webview when a table row get selected in master view...
any example or any method to solve this problem....
Thanks in advance..
initialize one UIWebview in Detailview('s loadview) and Keep it as hidden. If a row is tapped on master controler then pass that URL to UIWebView and make it as Visible.
All the best!!
in TableView method didSelectRowAtIndexPath:
if (indexPath.row == 0) {
NSURL *urlStrg= [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.google.com"];
NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:urlStrg];
[self.detailViewController.detailItem loadRequest:urlRequest];
}else if(indexPath.row == 1) {
//do something else here
}

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Regards
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UPDATE:
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