Apps using WKWebView serving local html file cannot use localstorage

Originator:contact
Number:rdar://27051672 Date Originated:28/06/2016
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS Product Version:iOS 10.0 (14A5261u)
Classification:Serious Reproducible:Always
 
Area:
WebKit

Summary:
Apps using WKWebView to serve local assets, like Cordova apps, cannot use localstorage. Typing 'localstorage' in de inspector results in SecurityError: DOM Exception 18.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create app with WKWebview pointing to a local html file with file:/// URI
2. Run in simulator
3. open Web Inspector
4. type 'localStorage'

Expected Results:
It returns Storage object

Actual Results:
Error: SecurityError: DOM Exception 18

Version:
iOS 10.0 (14A5261u)

Notes:


Configuration:
XCode Version 8.0 beta (8S128d) - Simulator

Comments

+1, this is a mayor issue for us. We would like to know if there are plans to fix this issue before iOS 10 is released. Thanks!

By manu.mtza at July 8, 2016, 11:14 p.m. (reply...)

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