iOS Question WKWebView in IOS13 stopped working

[db0070]

My app has stopped working since ios 13.3 upgrade. It is now failing to display the page in Webview. This is my code :-

    Dim xui As XUI
    File.Copy(File.DirAssets, la(Index,0) & ".pdf", File.DirDocuments, "page.pdf")
    WKWebView1.LoadUrl(xui.FileUri(File.DirDocuments, "page.pdf"))

There are no error messages when I run in debug mode. Nothing happens when the code is run. Contacted Apple, and their reply: -

"if it is only failing to work on the latest OS. Then it may need to be updated to correct any incompatibles with the Latest iOS versions"

I have checked, the app works on older IOS versions.

 

[mrossen]

Hi,

I am doing this. It works in iOS 13.3

Dim filename as string = "page.pdf"

If File.Exists(File.DirAssets, filename) Then
    WKWebViewHelp.LoadHtml(File.ReadString(File.DirAssets, filename))
end if

Mogens

 

[db0070]

I changed my code to

    Dim fileName As String = la(Index,0) & ".pdf"
    If File.Exists(File.DirAssets, fileName) Then
        WKWebView1.LoadHtml(File.ReadString(File.DirAssets, fileName))
    End If

and I am now getting a 'Error reading file. Incorrect encoding' on this line WKWebView1.LoadHtml(File.ReadString(File.DirAssets, fileName))

 

[db0070]

Ah, wait, my file is not image, it is pdf!
That is why I was using WKWebView1.LoadUrl

So the problem is still there - I cannot display pdf files in iOS 13.3

 

[Erel]

Check the inline documentation. WKWebView.LoadURL will not work with File.DirAssets. You need to copy the file to File.DirDocuments and load it from there.

 

[db0070]

That is what I am doing, and it’s stopped working in ios13.3:-

    Dim xui As XUI
    File.Copy(File.DirAssets, la(Index,0) & ".pdf", File.DirDocuments, "page.pdf")
    WKWebView1.LoadUrl(xui.FileUri(File.DirDocuments, "page.pdf"))

 

[Erel]

Just tested it with a device running iOS 13.3 and it works fine:

File.Copy(File.DirAssets, "1.pdf", File.DirDocuments, "1.pdf")
WKWebView1.LoadUrl(xui.FileUri(File.DirDocuments, "1.pdf"))


Sub WKWebView1_PageFinished (Success As Boolean, Url As String)
    Log(Success)
    Log(Url)
End Sub

 

[db0070]

When I run it on my iPhone 6S, the Log(Success) is false and Log(Url) is empty string.

Other people have reported that since the iOS 13.3 upgrade the app has stopped working.
This is the app - which was updated two months ago, and was working until the update of iOS a few days ago:

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tahsinul-quran/id1454041122

I running xCustomListView Version 1.73
and iXUI version 1.9

 

[Erel]

Test it with a new project with only the pdf file and WKWebView. Does it work?

 

[db0070]

Yes, that works. I will do further debugging. In my project the WKWebView is added to a customlistivew - maybe that is the problem

 

[db0070]

I found the problem but I can't understand why.
In Page_Resize I had this line

CustomListView1_ItemClick(currentLesson,"")

CustomListView item click basically has this code: -

    Dim xui As XUI
    File.Copy(File.DirAssets, la(Index,0) & ".pdf", File.DirDocuments, fileName)
    If File.Exists(File.dirdocuments, fileName) Then
        WKWebView1.LoadUrl(xui.FileUri(File.DirDocuments, fileName))
    End If

By disabling that call to CustomListView_ItemClick in Page_Resize, the problem is solved. But why in IOS13.3 only?

 

[Erel]

It is probably not a good idea to call it from Page_Resize as it can be raised multiple times.

Add everything with the designer, anchored correctly, and you will not need to worry about such issues.