How to redirect back to app in url scheme with Xcode 6.0.1

Question

I am Working on a app in which there is a Registration field. When Registration is done successfully I get a confirmation mail. When I Confirm the link then I want to navigate back to my app using URL Schemes. How Can I achieve this.

Thanks.

Answer 1

1. Go into your app's info.plst file.
2. Add a Row to this and call it "URL types".
3. Expand the first item in "URL types" and add a row called "URL identifier", the value of this string should be the reverse domain for your app e.g. "com.yourcompany.myapp".
4. Again, add a row into the first item in "URL types" and call it "URL Schemes".
5. Inside "URL Schemes" you can use each item as a different URL you wish to use, so if you wanted to use "myapp://" you would create an item called "myapp".

Using the URL scheme, you've now registered the URL with the app. You can start the application by opening a URL with the custom scheme.

Use UIApplicationDelegate if you want to provide a custom handler for it. All you need to do is provide an implementation for it in your delegate.

Then get it:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application handleOpenURL:(NSURL *)url {
  if (!url) { 
    return NO; 
  } 
  // Do something with the url here 
}

Refer to this.

Answer 2

In the project target, go to the Info tab and add a URL types in the URL Schemes field - let's say "myApp". Then, the email should contain a link like: myApp://something and your app will be launched. Best practice would require that you actually check that "something" and show the user a "confirmation" message.