breautek commented on a change in pull request #1096: URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/pull/1096#discussion_r456781662
########## File path: www/_posts/2020-07-18-uiwebview-warning.md ########## @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +--- +layout: post +author: + name: Niklas Merz + url: https://twitter.com/niklasmaerz +title: "UPDATED: How to handle the 'Deprecated API Usage - UIWebView' warning while uploading to the App Store" +categories: howto +tags: ios +--- + +We recently posted [instructions](/howto/2020/03/18/wkwebviewonly.html) how to update your apps to remove all `UIWebView` references, because Apple now rejects all apps using `UIWebView`. + +We are talking about this warning: + +> ITMS-90809: Deprecated API Usage - Apple will stop accepting submissions of apps that use UIWebView APIs. + +Some things have changed and new versions of cordova-ios have been released since the last post. + +<!--more--> + +## Update cordova-ios to version 6.0.0 or newer + +Please update to the latest `cordova-ios` version to get the best compatibility with recent iOS changes. As of this writing the current version is 6.1.0. Version 6.0.0 of cordova-ios moved `WKWebView` support into `cordova-ios` and removed `UIWebView` code. Due to this change, the `cordova-plugin-wkwebview-engine` plugin is obsolete and will not work with this release. If you have this plugin installed, it is safe to remove with `cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-wkwebview-engine`. + +Additionaly, `WKURLSchemeHandler` support has been introduced with this release. Serving your app content through a custom scheme fixes CORS issues that exist because of the strict security policies that `WKWebView` has applied to the `file` scheme. You can easily configure your Cordova project to use a custom scheme by setting the preference options `scheme` and `hostname` in the `config.xml` file. Bear in mind that running your app with a custom URL scheme changes the origin your web code runs and you will loose access to web storage, such as local storage, indexed DB, etc. Review comment: ```suggestion Additionaly, `WKURLSchemeHandler` support has been introduced with this release. Serving your app content through a custom scheme fixes CORS issues that exist because of the strict security policies that `WKWebView` has applied to the `file` scheme. You can easily configure your Cordova project to use a custom scheme by setting the preference options `scheme` and `hostname` in the `config.xml` file. Bear in mind that running your app with a custom URL scheme changes the origin of your web code and you will lose access to web storage, such as local storage, indexed DB, etc. ``` ########## File path: www/_posts/2020-07-18-uiwebview-warning.md ########## @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +--- +layout: post +author: + name: Niklas Merz + url: https://twitter.com/niklasmaerz +title: "UPDATED: How to handle the 'Deprecated API Usage - UIWebView' warning while uploading to the App Store" +categories: howto +tags: ios +--- + +We recently posted [instructions](/howto/2020/03/18/wkwebviewonly.html) how to update your apps to remove all `UIWebView` references, because Apple now rejects all apps using `UIWebView`. + +We are talking about this warning: + +> ITMS-90809: Deprecated API Usage - Apple will stop accepting submissions of apps that use UIWebView APIs. + +Some things have changed and new versions of cordova-ios have been released since the last post. + +<!--more--> + +## Update cordova-ios to version 6.0.0 or newer + +Please update to the latest `cordova-ios` version to get the best compatibility with recent iOS changes. As of this writing the current version is 6.1.0. Version 6.0.0 of cordova-ios moved `WKWebView` support into `cordova-ios` and removed `UIWebView` code. Due to this change, the `cordova-plugin-wkwebview-engine` plugin is obsolete and will not work with this release. If you have this plugin installed, it is safe to remove with `cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-wkwebview-engine`. + +Additionaly, `WKURLSchemeHandler` support has been introduced with this release. Serving your app content through a custom scheme fixes CORS issues that exist because of the strict security policies that `WKWebView` has applied to the `file` scheme. You can easily configure your Cordova project to use a custom scheme by setting the preference options `scheme` and `hostname` in the `config.xml` file. Bear in mind that running your app with a custom URL scheme changes the origin your web code runs and you will loose access to web storage, such as local storage, indexed DB, etc. Review comment: typo and grammar improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
