{"id":10550,"date":"2015-01-20T14:15:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T19:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=10550"},"modified":"2020-02-24T15:44:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T20:44:22","slug":"wkwebview-sandboxing-and-searching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/20\/wkwebview-sandboxing-and-searching\/","title":{"rendered":"WKWebView, Sandboxing, and Searching"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brent Simmons<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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But the new replacement for WebView — WKWebView — doesn’t have this bug. Which is great. Let’s adopt the new thing! I’m all in. Love new things.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

I did some research, and I learned that WKWebView won’t show local content — that is, files that are loaded from the app’s bundle. Files from the app bundle ought to be a-okay, ought not be a sandbox violation, but apparently they are.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

In an ideal world, WKWebView would work with files from the app bundle, and, as a replacement for WebView, it would have the same functionality as WebView (a searchFor or equivalent method). Anything else means running as fast as I can while I slip backwards.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Update (2015-01-21): Chromium<\/a> (via Martin Schurrer<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, despite the advantages of WKWebView, it has some significant technical limitations that UIWebView does not, which means we can’t simply drop it in as a replacement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Update (2015-01-24): Dan Fabulich<\/a>:<\/p>\n

There is a workaround, demonstrated by shazron here https:\/\/github.com\/shazron\/WKWebViewFIleUrlTest<\/a> to copy files into \/tmp and load them from there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Update (2015-04-23): The bug is still present<\/a> in iOS 8.4b1.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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