OpenURL in iOS10

Question

So apparently OpenURL has been deprecated in iOS 10. Does anyone have any documentation on why or can explain what to do next? I looked on the Apple site already and found a few things pertaining to OpenURL and this is what they say to use now:

UIApplication.shared().open(url: URL, options: [String: AnyObject], completionHandler: ((Bool) -> Void)?)

Does anyone have any evidence that this is the new way to use OpenURL in Swift 3.0? In addition what values are to be used in the options: and completionHandler: parameters respectively?

Answer 1

Swift 3+:

func open(scheme: String) {
   if let url = URL(string: scheme) {
      if #available(iOS 10, *) {
         UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:],
           completionHandler: {
               (success) in
                  print("Open \(scheme): \(success)")
           })
     } else {
         let success = UIApplication.shared.openURL(url)
         print("Open \(scheme): \(success)")
     }
   }
 }

Usage:

open(scheme: "tweetbot://timeline")

Source

Answer 2

A quick fix:

// Objective-C
UIApplication *application = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
[application openURL:URL options:@{} completionHandler:nil];

// Swift
UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)

A complete answer:

http://useyourloaf.com/blog/openurl-deprecated-in-ios10/

Credits: Keith Harrison (useyourloaf.com)

Answer 3

An empty options dictionary will result in the same behaviour as openUrl.

Otherwise:

+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsSourceApplicationKey | NSString containing the bundle ID of the originating application                                                                             |
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsAnnotationKey        | property-list typed object corresponding to what the originating application passed in UIDocumentInteractionController's annotation property |
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsOpenInPlaceKey       | bool NSNumber, set to YES if the file needs to be copied before use                                                                          |
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

From UIApplication.h

// Options are specified in the section below for openURL options. An empty options dictionary will result in the same
// behavior as the older openURL call, aside from the fact that this is asynchronous and calls the completion handler rather
// than returning a result.
// The completion handler is called on the main queue.
- (void)openURL:(NSURL*)url options:(NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)options completionHandler:(void (^ __nullable)(BOOL success))completion NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(10_0) NS_EXTENSION_UNAVAILABLE_IOS("");

UIKIT_EXTERN UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey const UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsSourceApplicationKey NS_SWIFT_NAME(sourceApplication) NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(9_0);   // value is an NSString containing the bundle ID of the originating application
UIKIT_EXTERN UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey const UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsAnnotationKey NS_SWIFT_NAME(annotation) NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(9_0);   // value is a property-list typed object corresponding to what the originating application passed in UIDocumentInteractionController's annotation property
UIKIT_EXTERN UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey const UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsOpenInPlaceKey NS_SWIFT_NAME(openInPlace) NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(9_0);   // value is a bool NSNumber, set to YES if the file needs to be copied before use

Answer 4

The new UIApplication method openURL:options:completionHandler:, which is executed asynchronously and calls the specified completion handler on the main queue (this method replaces openURL:).

This is under Additional Framework Changes > UIKit at: https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/content/releasenotes/General/WhatsNewIniOS/Articles/iOS10.html