NSExtensionContext openURL doesn't work

Question

I'm trying to launch the container app from the extension. (An Action extension) The container app has a working URL scheme (example://) and I can validate this by navigating to that URL in Safari.

When I try to use the -[NSExtensionContext openURL:completionHandler:] to launch the container app, I get an unsuccessful callback and nothing happens.

The iOS 8 Beta 2 changes say that the openURL method should work now, but is this still a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

It worked for me in a Today Extension using this code:

NSExtensionContext *myExtension=[self extensionContext];
[myExtension openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://google.com"] completionHandler:nil];

However, it might not work in Action Extensions. From the documentation:

Each extension point determines whether to support this method, or under which conditions to support this method. In iOS 8.0, only the Today extension point supports this method.