Open a WKWebview target="_blank" link in Safari

Question

I am trying to get my Hybrid IOS app that uses Swift and WKWebviews to open a link that has target="_blank" or if the URL contains http://, https://, or mailto: in Mobile Safari.

From this answer I get this code.

func webView(webView: WKWebView!, createWebViewWithConfiguration     configuration: WKWebViewConfiguration!, forNavigationAction navigationAction:     WKNavigationAction!, windowFeatures: WKWindowFeatures!) -> WKWebView! {
    if navigationAction.targetFrame == nil {
        webView.loadRequest(navigationAction.request)
    }
    return nil
}

First, that doesn't do anything for me. Second, I want it to open in a new window. And I found this code that is supposed to do something like that...

if let requestUrl = NSURL(string: "http://www.iSecurityPlus.com") {
     UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(requestUrl)
}

How do I put these two together and get them to work? What do I need to add to the ViewController declaration to make it work?

Answer 1

Swift 4.2

func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: @escaping (WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Swift.Void) {
    if navigationAction.navigationType == WKNavigationType.linkActivated {
        print("here link Activated!!!")
        if let url = navigationAction.request.url {
            let shared = UIApplication.shared
            if shared.canOpenURL(url) {
                shared.open(url, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
            }
        }
        decisionHandler(.cancel)
    }
    else {
        decisionHandler(.allow)
    }
}

Answer 2

In (from here)

 override func loadView() {
    super.loadView()
    self.webView.navigationDelegate = self 
    self.webView.UIDelegate = self  //must have this
 }

Then add the function (from here, with additions)...

func webView(webView: WKWebView,
    createWebViewWithConfiguration configuration: WKWebViewConfiguration,
    forNavigationAction navigationAction: WKNavigationAction,
    windowFeatures: WKWindowFeatures) -> WKWebView? {
        if navigationAction.targetFrame == nil {
            var url = navigationAction.request.URL
            if url.description.lowercaseString.rangeOfString("http://") != nil || url.description.lowercaseString.rangeOfString("https://") != nil || url.description.lowercaseString.rangeOfString("mailto:") != nil  {
                UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(url)
            }
        }
        return nil
}