I want to get the url of a tapped link in WKWebView
. The links are in a custom format that will trigger certain actions in the app. e.g. http://my-site/help#deeplink-intercom
. I am using KVO
like so:
override func loadView() {
let webConfiguration = WKWebViewConfiguration()
webView = WKWebView(frame: .zero, configuration: webConfiguration)
webView.navigationDelegate = self
webView.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "URL", options: .new, context: nil)
view = webView
}
override func observeValue(forKeyPath keyPath: String?, of object: Any?, change: [NSKeyValueChangeKey : Any]?, context: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
if let newValue = change?[.newKey] {
print("url changed: \(newValue)")
}
print("Did tap!!")
}
This works great when the link is tapped on the first time. However if I tap the same link twice in a row it won't report the link tap (obviously because the actual value hasn't changed). Is there a workaround to fix this so I can detect every tap and get the link? Any pointer on this would be great! Thanks!
Change addObserver
like this
webView.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "URL", options: [.new, .old], context: nil)
In observeValue
function you able get both value
override func observeValue(forKeyPath keyPath: String?, of object: Any?, change: [NSKeyValueChangeKey : Any]?, context: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
if let newValue = change?[.newKey] as? Int, let oldValue = change?[.oldKey] as? Int, newValue != oldValue {
//Value Changed
print(change?[.newKey])
}else{
//Value not Changed
print(change?[.oldKey])
}
}
You can use WKWebView delegate method. And don't forget to set the webview delegate to self: webview.navigationDelegate = self
func webView(webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyForNavigationAction navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: ((WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Void)) {
switch navigationAction.navigationType {
case .LinkActivated:
if navigationAction.targetFrame == nil {
self.webView?.loadRequest(navigationAction.request)// It will load that link in same WKWebView
}
default:
break
}
if let url = navigationAction.request.URL {
print(url.absoluteString) // It will give the selected link URL
}
decisionHandler(.Allow)
}
Swift 5.0
Remember to set navigationDelegate on the WKWebView instance.
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: @escaping (WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Void) {
print(String(describing: navigationAction))
decisionHandler(.allow)
}