How to Open a Url in Safari Even If My Default Browser Is Not Safari Using Swift in MACos

How to open a url in safari even if my default browser is not Safari using Swift in macOS?

You can use NSWorkspace open method which has been deprecated in macOS 11

let url = URL(string: "https://www.google.com")!

NSWorkspace.shared.open([url], withAppBundleIdentifier: "com.apple.safari", options: .default, additionalEventParamDescriptor: nil, launchIdentifiers: nil)

Or the replacement method (macOS 10.15 or later)

do {
    let safariURL = try FileManager.default.url(for: .applicationDirectory, in: .localDomainMask, appropriateFor: nil, create: false).appendingPathComponent("Safari.app")
    NSWorkspace.shared.open([url], withApplicationAt: safariURL, configuration: .init()) { (runningApp, error) in
        print("running app", runningApp ?? "nil")
    }
} catch {
    print(error)
}
   

OSX Swift open URL in default browser

Swift 3 or later

import Cocoa

let url = URL(string: "https://www.google.com")!
if NSWorkspace.shared.open(url) {
    print("default browser was successfully opened")

}

Swift Open Link in Safari

It's not "baked in to Swift", but you can use standard UIKit methods to do it. Take a look at UIApplication's openUrl(_:) (deprecated) and open(_:options:completionHandler:).

Swift 4 + Swift 5 (iOS 10 and above)

guard let url = URL(string: "https://stackoverflow.com") else { return }
UIApplication.shared.open(url)

Swift 3 (iOS 9 and below)

guard let url = URL(string: "https://stackoverflow.com") else { return }
UIApplication.shared.openURL(url)

Swift 2.2

guard let url = URL(string: "https://stackoverflow.com") else { return }
UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(url)    

WKWebView open links from certain domain in safari

You can implement WKNavigationDelegate, add the decidePolicyForNavigationAction method and check there the navigationType and requested url. I have used google.com below but you can just change it to your domain:

Xcode 8.3 • Swift 3.1 or later

import UIKit
import WebKit

class ViewController: UIViewController, WKNavigationDelegate {

    let webView = WKWebView()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        
        webView.frame = view.bounds
        webView.navigationDelegate = self

        let url = URL(string: "https://www.google.com")!
        let urlRequest = URLRequest(url: url)

        webView.load(urlRequest)
        webView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth,.flexibleHeight]
        view.addSubview(webView)
    }

    func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: @escaping (WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Void) {
        if navigationAction.navigationType == .linkActivated  {
            if let url = navigationAction.request.url,
                let host = url.host, !host.hasPrefix("www.google.com"),
                UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(url) {
                UIApplication.shared.open(url)
                print(url)
                print("Redirected to browser. No need to open it locally")
                decisionHandler(.cancel)
                return
            } else {
                print("Open it locally")
                decisionHandler(.allow)
                return
            }
        } else {
            print("not a user click")
            decisionHandler(.allow)
            return
        }
    }
}

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