How to move the user to a URL in Safari

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I am making an app for a charity and Apple's review guidelines state that all donations must be made outside of the app in Safari, except for SMS donations, which we're not doing anyway. How do I make a button, that when tapped, goes to a specific URL in Safari? Thanks for your help!

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"your.website.here"]];

And put it in an IBAction for your button.

There might be a problem connecting to your site try this:

NSURL *url = [NSURLWithString:@"your.website.here"];
if (![[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url])

NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Failed to open url:",[url description]);

They actually have a post on it here:

How can I launch Safari from an iPhone app?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Aug 12 '11 at 04:16

Dair

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Awesome, didn't know it was that simple, thanks for your help!! – Jack Humphries Aug 12 '11 at 04:17
That doesn't work. Nothing happens. I put a NSLog in the IBAction as well, and while I saw the NSLog, the app just sits there and does nothing. Safari does not open. – Jack Humphries Aug 12 '11 at 04:21
@Jack: Check to make sure there isn't a problem with connecting to the website. – Dair Aug 12 '11 at 04:26

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 12 '11 at 04:24

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You can use this code in button click event

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString: @"your url"]];

it automatically opens in safari

answered Aug 12 '11 at 04:24

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How to move the user to a URL in Safari

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