Class IOSBrowser

Lib/webbrowser.py:627–680

        from ctypes import c_void_p, c_char_p, c_ulong

    class IOSBrowser(BaseBrowser):
        def open(self, url, new=0, autoraise=True):
            sys.audit("webbrowser.open", url)
            # If ctypes isn't available, we can't open a browser
            if objc is None:
                return False

            # All the messages in this call return object references.
            objc.objc_msgSend.restype = c_void_p

            # This is the equivalent of:
            #    NSString url_string =
            #        [NSString stringWithCString:url.encode("utf-8")
            #                           encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
            NSString = objc.objc_getClass(b"NSString")
            constructor = objc.sel_registerName(b"stringWithCString:encoding:")
            objc.objc_msgSend.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_void_p, c_char_p, c_ulong]
            url_string = objc.objc_msgSend(
                NSString,
                constructor,
                url.encode("utf-8"),
                4,  # NSUTF8StringEncoding = 4
            )

            # Create an NSURL object representing the URL
            # This is the equivalent of:
            #   NSURL *nsurl = [NSURL URLWithString:url];
            NSURL = objc.objc_getClass(b"NSURL")
            urlWithString_ = objc.sel_registerName(b"URLWithString:")
            objc.objc_msgSend.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_void_p, c_void_p]
            ns_url = objc.objc_msgSend(NSURL, urlWithString_, url_string)

            # Get the shared UIApplication instance
            # This code is the equivalent of:
            # UIApplication shared_app = [UIApplication sharedApplication]
            UIApplication = objc.objc_getClass(b"UIApplication")
            sharedApplication = objc.sel_registerName(b"sharedApplication")
            objc.objc_msgSend.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_void_p]
            shared_app = objc.objc_msgSend(UIApplication, sharedApplication)

            # Open the URL on the shared application
            # This code is the equivalent of:
            #   [shared_app openURL:ns_url
            #               options:NIL
            #     completionHandler:NIL];
            openURL_ = objc.sel_registerName(b"openURL:options:completionHandler:")
            objc.objc_msgSend.argtypes = [
                c_void_p, c_void_p, c_void_p, c_void_p, c_void_p
            ]
            # Method returns void
            objc.objc_msgSend.restype = None
            objc.objc_msgSend(shared_app, openURL_, ns_url, None, None)

            return True


def parse_args(arg_list: list[str] | None):