Swift 3D Touch Quick Action not loading requested url - xcode

Question

I'm new to Swift, and trying my hands with UIWebView app that loads default url, with option to perform quick action and load a different url.
Problem is when I request the quick action url, code executes but the new url is not loading. So I'm missing something in the flow somewhere.
Here is the code:
import UIKit
import WebKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UIWebViewDelegate {
#IBOutlet var webView: UIWebView!
override func loadView() {
super.loadView()
self.webView = UIWebView()
self.view = self.webView!
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
print("view did load")
super.viewDidLoad()
let url = NSURL(string: "google.com")
let req = NSURLRequest(URL:url!)
webView.loadRequest(req)
webView.delegate = self
}
func loadUrl2() {
loadView()
let url = NSURL(string: "example.com")
print(url)
let req = NSURLRequest(URL:url!)
self.webView!.loadRequest(req)
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
}
I was experimenting and added loadView to loadUrl2, as I was getting
fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value
before that.

Answer 1

Edited to Include loading secondary link:
Here are the changes and files you'll need to make to the App Delegate
enum ShortcutIdentifier: String {
case OpenNewLink
case OpenBetterLink
init?(fullIdentifier: String) {
guard let shortIdentifier = fullIdentifier.componentsSeparatedByString(".").last else {
return nil
}
self.init(rawValue: shortIdentifier)
}
}
func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
if let shortcutItem = launchOptions?[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsAnnotationKey] as? UIApplicationShortcutItem {
handleShortcut(shortcutItem)
return false
}
return true
}
func application(application: UIApplication, performActionForShortcutItem shortcutItem: UIApplicationShortcutItem, completionHandler: (Bool) -> Void) {
completionHandler(handleShortcut(shortcutItem))
}
private func handleShortcut(shortcutItem: UIApplicationShortcutItem) -> Bool {
let shortcutType = shortcutItem.type
guard let ShortcutIdentifier = ShortcutIdentifier(fullIdentifier: shortcutType) else {
return false
}
return selectLinkForIdentifier(ShortcutIdentifier)
}
private func selectLinkForIdentifier(identifier: ShortcutIdentifier) -> Bool {
guard let mainView = self.window?.rootViewController as? ViewController else {
return false
}
switch identifier {
case .OpenNewLink:
mainView.urlString = "http://www.bing.com"
mainView.loadWebView(mainView.urlString)
return true
case.OpenBetterLink:
mainView.urlString = "http://www.duckduckgo.com"
mainView.loadWebView(mainView.urlString)
return true
}
}
I also made changes in the MainVC
class ViewController: UIViewController, UIWebViewDelegate {
#IBOutlet var webView: UIWebView!
var urlString: String? = nil
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
setUpWebView()
webView.delegate = self
view.addSubview(webView)
}
func setUpWebView() {
webView = UIWebView()
webView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, view.frame.width, view.frame.height)
loadWebView(urlString)
}
func loadWebView(var urlString: String?) {
if urlString == nil {
urlString = "http://www.google.com"
}
let url = NSURL(string: urlString!)
let req = NSURLRequest(URL:url!)
webView.loadRequest(req)
}
}
Be sure to add NSAppTransportSecurity dictionary to your .plist and add NSAllowsArbitraryLoads key set to YES.
I tested it and it should work for you.