Also for those interested in Browser features this is what we gained from iOS 7 Safari to iOS 8 Safari. I have not had a chance to test all these new features in UIWebView or Homescreen yet to confirm they all have them. I only know indexedDB for now is only working in WKWebView and Safari.
- HTML/SVG Blending - CSS background-blend-mode - CSS Shapes Level 1 - WebGL 3D Canvas Graphics - HTML Templates - Promises - Navigation Timing API - Srcset attribute - IndexedDB - High Resolution Timing API - SPDY network protocol - Animated PNG Support - SVG Fragment identifiers - Text Decoration color/line CSS Support Future focused we can look at things supported in iOS8 and Android 4.4+ like: - HTML Templates - Big win for things like polymer or Web Component Frameworks - IndexedDB - Replacing sqlite - High Resolution / Navigation Timing API - Performance testing and benchmarking And looking even further ahead we can see things that are in iOS8 and Chrome for Android - SVG Fragment IDs - This allows for SVG sprite sheets or image collections. Good for icons and gaming - Srcset attribute - Simple standard way to deal with higher DPI images - CSS Shapes Level 1 - Allow for much nicer magazine style text layouts. - WebGL 3d Canvas Graphics - Hardware accelerated 3d goodness On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Ross Gerbasi <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah sorry :( I mixed those up there, it got pretty late when I was > writing all this up. > > OS Arraybuffer is support in the WKWebView and Safari, it is not available > in a HomeScreen app or the UIWebView. According to HTML5 Test running in > those environments. > > Apologies for the confusion. > -ross > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Ross can you clarify your results for Objectstore ArrayBuffer? >> >> Notes: >> - Objectstore ArrayBuffer is only supported in Safari & WKWebView App >> >> iPod Touch iOS 8 *Safari* >> UserAgent - Mozilla/5.0 (iPod touch; CPU iPhone OS 8_0 like Mac OS X) >> AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12A365 >> - Objectstore ArrayBuffer Support - *Yes* >> >> iPod Touch iOS 8 *HomeScreen* >> UserAgent - Mozilla/5.0 (iPod touch; CPU iPhone OS 8_0 like Mac OS X) >> AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/12A365 >> - Objectstore ArrayBuffer Support - *No* >> >> >> iPod Touch iOS 8 *WKWebView* >> UserAgent - Mozilla/5.0 (iPod touch; CPU iPhone OS 8_0 like Mac OS X) >> AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/12A365 >> - Objectstore ArrayBuffer Support - *No* >> >> >> iPod Touch iOS 8 *UIWebView* >> UserAgent - Mozilla/5.0 (iPod touch; CPU iPhone OS 8_0 like Mac OS X) >> AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/12A365 >> - Objectstore ArrayBuffer Support - *No* >> >> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Ross Gerbasi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > If you have a chance can you re-run the tests and make sure I didn't >> screw >> > anything up? :) >> > >> > -ross >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Ross - shoot. Arrgh I may have mixed up my test apps :( I should >> emblazon >> > > "WKWebView" or "UIWebView" at the start of the app. Thank goodness for >> > peer >> > > review... >> > > >> > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1:11 AM, Ross Gerbasi <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > > > Here are the results of some tests on iOS8, hopefully they will be >> > useful >> > > > to someone! :) >> > > > I need to do some more useful tests on DOM related stuff as it was >> > > > mentioned here already JS speed is not usually the bottleneck in >> > Cordova >> > > > apps. Unless you're doing crazy crypto like some people :) >> > > > >> > > > *@Shazron:* I am not seeing IndexedDB support in UIWebView but >> maybe I >> > am >> > > > not enabling something I need to on the native side? For me HTML5 >> Test >> > is >> > > > only showing IndexedDB for Safari and WKWebView. As you can see I am >> > > > getting a dramatic lower HTML5 Test score in UIWEbView vs WKWebView. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > *Tests run on an iPod Touch 5th Generation running iOS8 GA* >> > > > >> > > > iPod Touch iOS 8 *Safari* >> > > > UserAgent - Mozilla/5.0 (iPod touch; CPU iPhone OS 8_0 like Mac OS >> X) >> > > > AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12A365 >> > > > Safari/600.1.4 >> > > > Sunspider - 1825ms Overall >> > > > HMTL5 Test - 440/555 >> > > > - Seamless iFrame - No >> > > > - 2D Graphics Path Support - Yes >> > > > - Web GL 3D Graphics - Yes >> > > > - IndexedDB - Yes >> > > > - Objectstore ArrayBuffer Support - Yes >> > > > >> > > > iPod Touch iOS 8 *HomeScreen* >> > > > UserAgent - Mozilla/5.0 (iPod touch; CPU iPhone OS 8_0 like Mac OS >> X) >> > > > AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/12A365 >> > > > SunSpider - 1801.0ms Overall >> > > > HTML5 Test - 427/555 >> > > > - Seamless iFrame - No >> > > > - 2D Graphics Path Support - Yes >> > > > - Web GL 3D Graphics - Yes >> > > > - IndexedDB - No >> > > > - Objectstore ArrayBuffer Support - No >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > iPod Touch iOS 8 *WKWebView* >> > > > UserAgent - Mozilla/5.0 (iPod touch; CPU iPhone OS 8_0 like Mac OS >> X) >> > > > AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/12A365 >> > > > SunSpider - 1822.8ms Overall >> > > > HTML5 Test - 438/555 >> > > > - Seamless iFrame - No >> > > > - 2D Graphics Path Support - Yes >> > > > - Web GL 3D Graphics - Yes >> > > > - IndexedDB - Yes >> > > > - Objectstore ArrayBuffer Support - No >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > iPod Touch iOS 8 *UIWebView* >> > > > UserAgent - Mozilla/5.0 (iPod touch; CPU iPhone OS 8_0 like Mac OS >> X) >> > > > AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/12A365 >> > > > SunSpider - 7114.6ms Overall >> > > > HTML5 Test - 427/555 >> > > > - Seamless iFrame - No >> > > > - 2D Graphics Path Support - Yes >> > > > - Web GL 3D Graphics - Yes >> > > > - IndexedDB - No >> > > > - Objectstore ArrayBuffer Support - No >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > *iOS 8 Notes* >> > > > - Seamless iFrame was removed compared to iOS 7.1.2 >> > > > - IndexedDB is only supported in Safari & WKWebView App >> > > > - Objectstore ArrayBuffer is only supported in Safari & WKWebView >> App >> > > > - UIWebView is ~4x slower then WKWebView for JS (Sunspider results) >> > > > - WKWebView cannot load local files (issue for >> Cordova/Phonegap/Offline >> > > > Solutions) >> > > > - No UserAgent difference between UIWebView and WKWebView. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:41 PM, tommy-carlos williams < >> > > [email protected]> >> > > > wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > Generally speaking, JS performance is not a problem for most iOS >> > > Cordova >> > > > > apps. Certainly I never had a problem until recently. >> > > > > >> > > > > Sadly, I now work with a JS privacy (crypto) lib called Crypton[1] >> > that >> > > > > works pretty damn good on Android, decently on BB10 and even >> pretty >> > > good >> > > > on >> > > > > FxOS… but takes like 2 MINUTES just to log in on an iPhone 5 :( >> > > > > >> > > > > And that’s only using 1000 rounds of PBKDF2 for SRP authentication >> > > (less >> > > > > than we would like). >> > > > > >> > > > > Luckily, my use case is not the norm… but it does mean I am making >> > apps >> > > > > that are unusable on iOS, which makes me sad. >> > > > > >> > > > > 1. https://crypton.io >> > > > > >> > > > > On 10 September 2014 at 10:20:21, Andrew Grieve ( >> > [email protected]) >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > That's great news. >> > > > > >> > > > > JS execution speed honestly hasn't really been a problem for >> Cordova >> > > > > apps that I've heard of anyways. >> > > > > >> > > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > > > > Some interesting findings - iOS UIWebView and WKWebView have the >> > same >> > > > > > user-agent value, and both score 440 on html5test.com. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Which makes me think they use the same engine (renderer and js), >> > but >> > > > > > UIWebView has nitro turned off. WKWebView seems to be about 4x >> > faster >> > > > on >> > > > > > the Sunspider benchmark. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> UIWebView iOS 8 scores 440/555 points on html5test.com, and >> yes >> > it >> > > > > >> supports indexedDB >> > > > > >> Full results: http://html5te.st/f16d892273bbe5bd >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Andrew Grieve < >> > [email protected] >> > > > >> > > > > >> wrote: >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >>> :( >> > > > > >>> >> > > > > >>> Hopefully UIWebView will still get some updates though? E.g. >> > > > IndexedDb? >> > > > > >>> >> > > > > >>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Tommy Williams < >> > [email protected] >> > > > >> > > > > >>> wrote: >> > > > > >>> > That's pretty disappointing. >> > > > > >>> > >> > > > > >>> > Especially with not even a comment from apple. >> > > > > >>> > On 10 Sep 2014 05:50, "Shazron" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > > >>> > >> > > > > >>> >> Well, bad news. I just installed the iOS 8 GM firmware on >> an >> > > > iPhone >> > > > > 5 >> > > > > >>> and >> > > > > >>> >> used Xcode 6 GM, and the file:// url "bug" (assuming it is >> a >> > bug >> > > > and >> > > > > >>> not by >> > > > > >>> >> design) is still there. >> > > > > >>> >> >> > > > > >>> >> http://www.openradar.me/radar?id=5839348817723392 >> > > > > >>> >> >> > > > > >>> >> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Shazron < >> [email protected]> >> > > > wrote: >> > > > > >>> >> >> > > > > >>> >> > Clarification: >> > > > > >>> >> > When I said "The bridge works great, and plugins work >> > great." >> > > > this >> > > > > >>> was >> > > > > >>> >> > for loading a html page and plugins using the file:// >> > protocol >> > > > > using >> > > > > >>> >> > WKWebView (as the title of the report implies). The bug I >> > > > reported >> > > > > >>> was on >> > > > > >>> >> > Device (> iOS beta 4), on Simulator it is *fine* (this >> info >> > > was >> > > > in >> > > > > >>> the >> > > > > >>> >> bug >> > > > > >>> >> > report as well). >> > > > > >>> >> > >> > > > > >>> >> > *Nothing* has been done using the local web server and >> proxy >> > > (at >> > > > > >>> least >> > > > > >>> >> > nothing checked in). An implementation on how the proxy >> > works >> > > > can >> > > > > be >> > > > > >>> seen >> > > > > >>> >> > in the PhoneGap Developer App: >> > > > > >>> >> > https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-app-developer >> > > > > >>> >> > >> > > > > >>> >> > See CB-7043 for progress on tasks regarding this. >> > > > > >>> >> > >> > > > > >>> >> > >> > > > > >>> >> > >> > > > > >>> >> > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Shazron < >> [email protected] >> > > >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > >>> >> > >> > > > > >>> >> >> I figure I will write this all up before the official >> > release >> > > > of >> > > > > >>> iOS 8 >> > > > > >>> >> >> next week (probability high) and everyone asking about >> > > support. >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> It has stalled because the WKWebView cannot load files >> > using >> > > > the >> > > > > >>> file:// >> > > > > >>> >> >> protocol since iOS 8 beta 4. >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> This bug has been filed with Apple weeks ago: >> > > > > >>> >> >> http://www.openradar.me/radar?id=5839348817723392 >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> I even checked WebKit check-ins if there was any >> progress, >> > so >> > > > > far, >> > > > > >>> no: >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> > > > > >>> >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Source/WebKit2/UIProcess/API/Cocoa?order=date&desc=1 >> > > > > >>> >> >> (but it's entirely possible the loading code is in >> another >> > > part >> > > > > of >> > > > > >>> the >> > > > > >>> >> >> tree). >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> The alternative is to run a local web server, which >> works >> > > > great. >> > > > > >>> >> However, >> > > > > >>> >> >> this will open up a can of worms possibly with Apple, >> I'm >> > not >> > > > > sure. >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> The other interesting tidbit is, with WKWebView, for >> > locally >> > > > > loaded >> > > > > >>> >> files >> > > > > >>> >> >> using the file:// protocol, cross-domain restrictions >> now >> > > > apply, >> > > > > >>> unlike >> > > > > >>> >> >> UIWebView's behaviour. To have the same behaviour as >> > > UIWebView, >> > > > > we >> > > > > >>> would >> > > > > >>> >> >> need to proxy these requests (modify xhr.open to go to >> our >> > > > proxy, >> > > > > >>> which >> > > > > >>> >> >> requires the local web server). >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> The bridge works great, and plugins work great. >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> >> > > > > >>> >> > >> > > > > >>> >> >> > > > > >>> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Carlos Santana >> <[email protected]> >> > >
