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://,

Answer 1

First add WKNavigationDelegate and webviewWk.navigationDelegate = self

func webView(webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyForNavigationAction navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: (WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Void) {

        //this is a 'new window action' (aka target="_blank") > open this URL externally. If we´re doing nothing here, WKWebView will also just do nothing. Maybe this will change in a later stage of the iOS 8 Beta
        if navigationAction.navigationType == WKNavigationType.LinkActivated {
            println("here link Activated!!!")
            let url = navigationAction.request.URL
            let shared = UIApplication.sharedApplication()

            let urlString = url!.absoluteString

            if shared.canOpenURL(url!) {
                shared.openURL(url!)
            }

            decisionHandler(WKNavigationActionPolicy.Cancel)
        }

        decisionHandler(WKNavigationActionPolicy.Allow)
    }