I am new to iPhone developemnt.
NSString myUrl = #"www.google.com";
I need to know how to create a hyperlink for the above NSString variable.
In the MFMailComposeViewController I need to use like below
[mailViewController setMessageBody:myUrl isHTML:YES];
Please help me out.
Thanks for any help.
The easiest way is to make the UILabel into a UIButton, style it (use Custom type to get rid of button look). Then connect to an Action that opens safari.
The action should do this:
NSURL *url = [[[ NSURL alloc ] initWithString: #"http://www.example.com" ] autorelease];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
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I have a variable agencyWebsite and a label that should open the website when clicked with this method:
- (void)website1LblTapped {
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:self.agencyWebsite];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
}
I get a warning in the compiler saying:
Incompatible pointer types sending UILabel* to parameter of type NSString*
And the app crashes when the link is clicked. Any suggestions?
Edit: Here is what I am doing to make the label clickable
UITapGestureRecognizer* website1LblGesture = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(website1LblTapped)];
// if labelView is not set userInteractionEnabled, you must do so
[self.agencyWebsite setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
[self.agencyWebsite addGestureRecognizer:website1LblGesture];
What i used to get it working
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"http://%#", self.agencyWebsite.text]];
If agencyWebsite is of type UILabel*, you need to access its text property instead of passing the object itself to URLWithString:.
- (void)website1LblTapped {
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:self.agencyWebsite.text];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
}
Calling self.agencyWebsite will return your UILabel* object, whereas self.agencyWebsite.text will return a NSString* object containing the text from the label.
I've a a pdf placed in my Code files. I want it to open in iBooks, while researching I've found this :
NSString *stringURL = #"itms-books:";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:stringURL];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
NSString *stringURL = #"itms-bookss:";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:stringURL];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
How can I use this or what other way i can open my PDF File in iBook?
Regards
Maybe too late but I created a small example where the method explained in andycodes used. I uploaded to Github and you can download it here:
https://github.com/cjimenezpacho/openpdfibooks
Basically is this piece of code in a IBAction and the required delegate methods:
NSURL *url = [[NSBundle mainBundle]
URLForResource: #"iPhoneintro" withExtension:#"pdf"];
self.docController = [UIDocumentInteractionController interactionControllerWithURL:url];
self.docController.delegate = self;
[self.docController presentOpenInMenuFromRect:CGRectZero inView:self.view animated:YES];
Links to Apple documentation:
Class:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIDocumentInteractionController_class/Reference/Reference.html
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"itms-bookss://%#",self.pathToFile]]];
this does open a local pdf to Ibooks needs 2 s's.
Edit: to be specific on this this will open the local PDF if it is in iBooks already locally on the device.
if you need to add it to iBooks so far as I know you need to use the UIDocumentInteractionController.
Take a look at this Tumblr post explaining how do achieve a similar result using UIDocumentInteractionControllers.
http://andycodes.tumblr.com/post/738375724/ios4-sdk-opening-pdfs-in-ibooks
When I bring up a "New Message" manually I will see a camera icon to the left of the text edit area. When I use the MFMessageComposeViewController it will not display this icon which means you cannot insert images. I know this can be done because the guys that made txtAgif can do it. One subtle difference is the Caps is turned on. This might be a clue as to how they are getting this to work.
I know that MFMessageComposeViewController does not allow you to insert images programmatically and that is why I'm doing the copy to UIPasteboard trick. This part works perfectly.
This same question has been asked here and here the question has not been answered except for the "It can't be done."
This is my first post so I did not have a high enough ranking to contribute to the other question posts.
How are they doing this? Is there a trick to MFMessageComposeViewController or are they using something completely different?
I have fixed this by following code:
UIPasteboard *pasteboard = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard];
pasteboard.persistent = YES;
NSString *imagefile =app.strimagepath;
///
BOOL fileExists = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:imagefile];
if (fileExists)
{
NSData *data = UIImagePNGRepresentation([UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:imagefile]);
pasteboard.image = [UIImage imageWithData:data];
}
NSString *phoneToCall = #"sms: 123-456-7890";
NSString *phoneToCallEncoded = [phoneToCall stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:phoneToCallEncoded];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
Here app.strimgPath is the path of image stored in document directory. when the MessageView is opened. Longpress and click on Paste and message will be pasted.
I found the answer! Using UIApplication sharedApplication to launch a blank message works while MFMessageComposeViewController does not. Because I'm using the UIPasteboard I do not need to insert items into the body.
NSString *phoneToCall = #"sms: 123-456-7890";
NSString *phoneToCallEncoded = [phoneToCall stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:phoneToCallEncoded];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
This is a bug in MFMessageComposeViewController because why would they allow images to be inserted into one and not the other. I would insert an image but I'm not allowed to because I do not have enough reputation.
I'd like to make a button call a phone number entered by the user inside the text field. I have a code but it doesn't work.
NSString * phoneNumber = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#", #"tel://", phoneNumber.text];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:phoneNumber]];
Anyone has a similar approach to this? Thanks.
I think it's tel: instead of tel://. See this Apple document. Try giving this a shot:
NSString *pn = [#"tel:" stringByAppendingString:phoneNumber.text];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:pn]];
See my answer to another question for some sample code to handle cases with invalid input.
Basically you do this:
NSString *cleanedString = [[phoneNumber componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:#"0123456789-+()"] invertedSet]] componentsJoinedByString:#""];
NSString *escapedPhoneNumber = [cleanedString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSURL *telURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"tel://%#", escapedPhoneNumber]];
Update: I noticed that the string you created shares the some name ("phoneNumber") as the text field from which you try to get the text. You may want to rename either of those two.
I have a text label with the text set as Contact Us.. When user taps on this label it should launch safari to open the web page.My doubt is how to make Contact Us as hyperlink.Now I can't modify my code to include a UIWebView..Please help me guys..I am in final stages of my project..If possible please help me with sample code..thanks for all your time
The easiest way is to make the UILabel into a UIButton, style it (use Custom type to get rid of button look). Then connect to an Action that opens safari.
The action should do this:
NSURL *url = [[[ NSURL alloc ] initWithString: #"http://www.example.com" ] autorelease];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
for XOS use NSWorkspace instead:
- (IBAction)btnPressed:(id)sender {
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString: #"https://www.google.com"];
[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:url];
}