How can I run one app from another app in iphone?

Question

On some app , I see when one link touched , use safari for open link and quit from current app. I want use from this feature for run messages app from other app. Can I do this?

Answer 1

You need to use -[UIApplication openURL:]. For example, you can use

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: [NSURL URLWithString: @"http://www.stackoverflow.com"]]

Note this will also switch to the new app. An application can register the URL schemes it supports using its plist.