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Application.OpenURL not working on OSX

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by ev3d, Aug 20, 2014.

  1. ev3d

    ev3d

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    I build to OSX and the call to
    Application.OpenURL("https://www.paypal.com");
    literally does nothing... It does this on my machine and a few friends machines as well. I have not tested on other OS's but it works fine in the editor..
     
    ev3d, Aug 20, 2014
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  2. MvD

    MvD

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    Yup, we have the same problem on OSX. It works fine on Windows, iOS and Android.

    The Unity documentation states:

    Opens the url in a browser. In the editor or standalone player this will open a new page in the default browser with the url. It will also bring the browser application to the front.

    Guess that last bit isn't possible on OSX or doesn't work
     
    MvD, Dec 8, 2015
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  3. Zewde

    Zewde

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    Solution:
    - If you had spaces in your link, it doesn't open the link on iOS and OSX, replace the spaces with %20.
    - If it still doesn't work and you have special characters in your link, change the spacial characters with their unicode number.
     
    Zewde, May 3, 2016
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  4. AdrianMesa

    AdrianMesa

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    AdrianMesa, Sep 20, 2022
    #4