How to handle app URLs in a UIWebView?

Question

I recently found that my UIWebView was choking on ITMS links. Specifically, from the UIWebView in my app, if I navigate to a site such as this one and click the \"Available

Answer 1

Starting with Theory's code, examine the URL for "itms" scheme(s) (this method can be called multiple times due to redirects). Once you see an "itms" scheme, stop the webView from loading and open the URL with Safari. My WebView happens to be in a NavigationController, so I pop out of that after opening Safari (less flashing).

- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView*)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest*)request 
  navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType 
{
    if ([[[request URL] scheme] isEqualToString:@"itms-apps"]) {
        [webView stopLoading];
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[request URL]];
        [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
        return NO;
    } else {
        return YES;
    }
}