Need public API to call from native code to WKWebView at arbitrary times

Originator:allen
Number:rdar://17254503 Date Originated:10-Jun-2014
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS SDK Product Version:8.0 beta 1
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:Always
 
Hybrid native/web apps need to call between native code and JavaScript at times, for example when a system event like a push notification comes in. This is possible in UIWebView with stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString: but there is no equivalent functionality in the new, improved WKWebView API.

There is a private method _runJavaScriptInMainFrame: that appears to do this.

This is a serious issue for hybrid apps that use PhoneGap or similar frameworks.

Comments

Fixed in iOS 8 beta 3

Not in docs, but in the public header: evaluateJavaScript:completionHandler:

By shazron at Aug. 15, 2014, 6:24 p.m. (reply...)

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