Added support for opening http:// and https:// links in Mobile Safari. #3392
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We have a requirement in our app, to open in mobile Safari, any http:// and https:// links displayed in a web view. Our web view is not full screen, and displaying external content in that web view is outside of the scope of our app, so we open them in mobile Safari.
I've forked the WebView component and added a property, externalHTTPEnabled, and modified the RCTWebView implementation of
- (BOOL)webView:(__unused UIWebView *)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType
to check if the user has tapped a link and that the URL has a prefix of 'http' (this matches 'http://' and 'https://' URLs).
By adding a property and defaulting to false, this added functionality doesn't break existing behavior.