That's pretty disappointing. Especially with not even a comment from apple. On 10 Sep 2014 05:50, "Shazron" <shaz...@gmail.com> 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 <shaz...@gmail.com> 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 <shaz...@gmail.com> 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. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
