How to load URL in UIWebView in Swift?

Question

I have the following code:

UIWebView.loadRequest(NSURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: \"google.ca\")))

I am getting the following error:

Answer 1

loadRequest: is an instance method, not a class method. You should be attempting to call this method with an instance of UIWebview as the receiver, not the class itself.

webviewInstance.loadRequest(NSURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "google.ca")!))

However, as @radex correctly points out below, you can also take advantage of currying to call the function like this:

UIWebView.loadRequest(webviewInstance)(NSURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "google.ca")!))   

Swift 5

webviewInstance.load(NSURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "google.ca")! as URL) as URLRequest)

Answer 2

You can load a page like this :

let url: URL = URL(string:"https://google.com")!
webView.loadRequest(URLRequest.init(url: url))

Or the one-line approach :

webView.loadRequest(URLRequest.init(url: URL(string: "https://google.com")!))

webView is your outlet var.

Answer 3

Swift 3 - Xcode 8.1

 @IBOutlet weak var myWebView: UIWebView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
            super.viewDidLoad()

            let url = URL (string: "https://ir.linkedin.com/in/razipour1993")
            let requestObj = URLRequest(url: url!)
            myWebView.loadRequest(requestObj)

        }

Answer 4

Swift 4 Update Creating a WebView programatically.

import UIKit
import WebKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, WKUIDelegate {

var webView: WKWebView!

override func loadView() {
    let webConfiguration = WKWebViewConfiguration()
    webView = WKWebView(frame: .zero, configuration: webConfiguration)
    webView.uiDelegate = self
    view = webView
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    let myURL = URL(string: "https://www.apple.com")
    let myRequest = URLRequest(url: myURL!)
    webView.loadRequest(myRequest)
}}

Answer 5

For Swift 3.1 and above

let url = NSURL (string: "Your Url")
let requestObj = NSURLRequest(url: url as! URL);
YourWebViewName.loadRequest(requestObj as URLRequest)

Answer 6

Used Webview in Swift Language

let url = URL(string: "http://example.com")
   webview.loadRequest(URLRequest(url: url!))