Is there a way to open a specific book in iBooks?

Question

I am developing an application that could have a potential companion reference in the form of an ePub/PDF/iBook. There's a scheme for opening iBooks from your application, but is there a known way to open a specific book (not import the book, rather open an existing book in the app)? Bonus points: open a specific location in the given ePub/PDF/iBook?

I have scoured Google looking for this answer but only turn up the scheme: only one piece of the puzzle.

I need this too. Did you ever figure out how to do it? – Joshua Frank Jan 09 '13 at 15:13 — Joshua Frank, Jan 09 '13 at 15:13
@JoshuaFrank No, I have not. – Wayne Hartman Jan 10 '13 at 04:36 — Wayne Hartman, Jan 10 '13 at 04:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '17 at 07:42

Swift 3

From the iBooks Author support :

To link to another book in iBooks, you need to know the book’s asset ID. Find a book’s asset ID by going to its iTunes Preview webpage and checking the number in its URL. For example, in the URL https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/e.-o.-wilsons-life-on-earth/id888107968?mt=13, the asset ID is 888107968. A link to this book would be ibooks://assetid/888107968.

One could implement it as such :

let stringURL = "ibooks://assetid/1219117996"
let url = URL(string:stringURL)
UIApplication.shared.open(url!, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)

I have yet to find a way to link to an iBook the user has manually imported.

Is there a way to open a specific book in iBooks?

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