Add http:// to NSURL if it's not there

Question

I am using web view in my app, getting a URL from a text field. It works if the string starts with \"http://\". I am trying to modify the code so that it can also handle the

Answer 1

Let me update answer to Swift 4 and WKWebKit

        var urlString = "www.apple.com"

    if urlString.hasPrefix("https://") || urlString.hasPrefix("http://"){
        let myURL = URL(string: urlString)
        let myRequest = URLRequest(url: myURL!)
        webView.load(myRequest)
    }else {
        let correctedURL = "http://\(urlString)"
        let myURL = URL(string: correctedURL)
        let myRequest = URLRequest(url: myURL!)
        webView.load(myRequest)
    }