Managing links in uiwebview

[TommyTheCat]

Hello
Is there a way to activate functions by tapping links on the uiwebview?
I mean i have a viewController which displays a simple html with few links. I'd like it to execute a function depending on the choosen link.
Thanks in advance.

[refreshe]

Take a look at the UIWebViewDelegate method:

- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView *)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType

It's called when a web view is to load something. So you can catch link clicks there, get info about the requests (like URL info), and take the desired action.

[TommyTheCat]

Thank you kind sir

[GreatWizard]

Look at the UIWebView delegate documentation. There are functions in it specifically for that, like shouldstartloadwithrequest or

[TommyTheCat]

Ok i looked into the delegate . I can catch a tapped link when it happens with the uinavigationtype. Also i assume that NSURLRequest should be different for each of the links.
I do it like this:

NSURL *url = [request URL];
NSString *urlString = [url absoluteString];

And apparently I'm doing it wrong, because all of the links have the same urlString. Any suggestions?

[refreshe]

What do your links look like? Are they custom or actual web links? Look into the NSURL documentation as absoluteString might not be returning what you expect in relation to the URLs you're using.

I've dabbled in this before using custom links. for example something like: <a href="twitter:username1">... And if I remember correctly, I've id'd the URLs using the scheme and resourceSpecifier NSURL properties. But there are a lot of other NSURL properties you can use depending on how you're defining the embedded links.