I'm trying to figure out how to create a back button that allows the user to go back one page. I read through Apple's Docs (which still go way over my head) and found out that I need to setup the canGoBack
and goBack
's. I have tried this, but for some reason it is not working. My UIWebView
is named viewWeb
, and I created and attached an outlet to my Back button, named backButton
, and also tagged it as 1. Here is my code that I wrote in the View Controller:
// Back button:
-(void)actionSheet:(UIActionSheet *)actionSheet clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex {
if (buttonIndex == 1) {
[_backButton addTarget:_viewWeb
action:@selector(goBack)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
if ([_viewWeb canGoBack]) {
NSLog(@"Back button pressed.");
[_viewWeb goBack];
}
}
else return;
}
Does anyone know what I need to change / add to get this working?
actionSheet:clickedButtonAtIndex:
is for UIActionSheet
objects, not UIButton
actions.
You should probably write an IBAction
method that looks something like this:
- (IBAction)backButtonTapped:(id)sender {
[_viewWeb goBack];
}
and connect it to the Touch Up Inside action from the button.
You can search for more info on IBAction
but that's likely what you want
For swift 4 and swift 5
@IBAction func refreshAction(_ sender: Any) {
self.webView.reload()
}
@IBAction func backAction(_ sender: Any) {
if(self.webView.canGoBack) {
self.webView.goBack()
}
}
@IBAction func forwardAction(_ sender: Any) {
if self.webView.canGoForward{
self.webView.goForward()
}
}
I think it should be more specific like this
- (IBAction)backButtonTapped:(id)sender {
if ([_viewWeb canGoBack] ) {
[_viewWeb goBack];
}
}
I have struggled to get a working code for this function written in swift and finally here's what i came up with.
@IBOutlet weak var goBackBtn: UIBarButtonItem!
@IBOutlet weak var goForwardBtn: UIBarButtonItem!
@IBOutlet weak var itemWebView: UIWebView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let url = NSURL (string: "www.google.com")
let requestObj = NSURLRequest(URL: url)
itemWebView.loadRequest(requestObj)
itemWebView.delegate = self
goBackBtn.enabled = false
goForwardBtn.enabled = false
}
func webViewDidFinishLoad(webView: UIWebView) {
goBackBtn.enabled = itemWebView.canGoBack
goForwardBtn.enabled = itemWebView.canGoForward
}
@IBAction func forward(sender: AnyObject) {
itemWebView.goForward()
}
@IBAction func back(sender: AnyObject) {
itemWebView.goBack()
}