How can I close a Safari App Extension popover programmatically?

Question

I\'m building a Safari App Extension using XCode 8.3 and Swift 3, following the Safari App Extension Programming Guide. The extension includes a popover that appears when the ex

Answer 1

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A dissmissPopover() instance method has been added to the SFSafariExtensionViewController class. This can be used to programatically close the popover.

The default template given when creating a Safari App Extension in XCode gives you a SafariExtensionViewController class that extends SFSafariExtensionViewController and holds a shared instance as a static field called 'shared', so you can call the dismissPopover() method from that instance.

For example:

class SafariExtensionHandler: SFSafariExtensionHandler {
    func myFunc() {
        // do stuff;

        SafariExtensionViewController.shared.dismissPopover()

        // do other stuff;
    }
}