OpenUrl freezes app for over 10 seconds

Question

I\'m currently developing an App, that needs to open a browser to display a webpage. To do that i use the [UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL method with

Answer 1

I have seen the same issue in iOS 7. My solution is only slightly different from those already proposed. By using performSelector with just a 0.1 second delay, the app immediately opens the URL.

[self performSelector:@selector(methodToRedirectToURL:) withObject:url afterDelay:0.1];