OK. I think it’s time to start thinking about workarounds. On 10 September 2014 at 5:50:00, 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. >> >> >> >> >> >
