[TIMOB-23888] iOS 10: UIApplication openURL has been deprecated

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Improvement
Priority	Medium
Status	Closed
Resolution	Fixed
Resolution Date	2018-05-15T23:59:49.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	Release 7.3.0
Components	iOS
Labels	deprecated, ios10, openurl
Reporter	Hans Knöchel
Assignee	Hans Knöchel
Created	2016-09-09T22:53:45.000+0000
Updated	2018-05-15T23:59:51.000+0000

Description

iOS 10 deprecates the usual [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:@"myurl"] with a new API. Replacement:

        if ([TiUtils isIOS10OrGreater]) {
            [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:newUrl options:@{} completionHandler:nil];
        } else {
            [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:newUrl];
        }

We need to replace it in certain places, but since it just has been deprecated, nothing will break.

Comments

Hans Knöchel 2016-09-11

To note: Of course the old version still work and we currently don't have any advantages in switching to the iOS10-method unless we expose the options to the public API. Putting this for 7.0.0 for now.

Hans Knöchel 2018-01-20

PR: https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/pull/9759 Test_Case (no parameters, legacy behavior):

   var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
       backgroundColor: '#fff'
   });
   
   var btn = Ti.UI.createButton({
       title: 'Trigger'
   });
   
   btn.addEventListener('click', function() {
       Ti.Platform.openURL('http://google.com');
   });
   
   win.add(btn);
   win.open();

Test-Case (all 3 parameters):

   var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
       backgroundColor: '#fff'
   });
   
   var btn = Ti.UI.createButton({
       title: 'Trigger'
   });
   
   btn.addEventListener('click', function() {
       Ti.Platform.openURL('http://google.com', {
         'UIApplicationOpenURLOptionUniversalLinksOnly': true
       }, function(e) {
         Ti.API.info('Success: ' + e.success);
       });
   });
   
   win.add(btn);
   win.open();

Test-Case (only URL and options):

   var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
       backgroundColor: '#fff'
   });
   
   var btn = Ti.UI.createButton({
       title: 'Trigger'
   });
   
   btn.addEventListener('click', function() {
       Ti.Platform.openURL('http://google.com', {
         'UIApplicationOpenURLOptionUniversalLinksOnly': true
       });
   });
   
   win.add(btn);
   win.open();

Test-Case (only URL and callback):

   var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
       backgroundColor: '#fff'
   });
   
   var btn = Ti.UI.createButton({
       title: 'Trigger'
   });
   
   btn.addEventListener('click', function() {
       Ti.Platform.openURL('http://google.com', function(e) {
         Ti.API.info('Success: ' + e.success);
       });
   });
   
   win.add(btn);
   win.open();

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