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iOS

Posted by Elizabeth Hill
Elizabeth Hill
1,147 Points

Web view not working

So I am new to Objective-C

I have a table view populated with links that the user has added. When the user clicks on one of the cells in the table view, they are guided to a second view controller with a web view that displays the website of the link. However, when I run the app the web view appears blank. What am I doing wrong?

Table view. m 

-(void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
    if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:@"showWebsite"]) {

        UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell*)sender;
        NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:cell.textLabel.text];
        NSString *string = url.absoluteString;
        SecondViewController *vc = [segue destinationViewController];
        vc.url = string;

Second View controller . m 

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    NSURL *URL = [NSURL URLWithString:[self.url
                                       stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]]];

    NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:URL];
    [self.webView loadRequest:request];

1 Answer

Cindy Lea
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Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points
Cindy Lea
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

Did you check the console for errors? Sometimes when its blank, theres an error somewhere.

Elizabeth Hill
Elizabeth Hill
1,147 Points

Yes, there is none. Cindy Lea