iOS WKWebView doesn't load http web content

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WKWebView doesn't load http requests, only https is working. My Url's strings are fetched from an API, so the url's links could be http and https. I did read about security, however the only thing I found was to add the following lines to the Info.plist:

<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
    <key> NSAllowsArbitraryLoadsInWebContent</key>
    <true/>
</dict>

However, in the .plist these keys don't exist. Is there any way to make WKWebView load http web content, and would the app be approved by the App Store?

I'm using Xcode 9.

Shahid Ghafoor · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-08 08:21:37Z

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1: Open your info.plist file from the project

2: add App Transport Security Settings in Information Property List

3: add Allow Arbitrary Loads in App Transport Security Settings

See the attached images

answered Aug 8, 2019 at 8:21

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Shahid Ghafoor Over a year ago

How to load HTTP content in WKWebView and UIWebView: hackingwithswift.com/example-code/wkwebview/…

gi097 · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-10 13:42:03Z

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You can ignore all transport security restrictions with the key your provided using the following:

<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
    <true/>
</dict>

I assume your example is not working due the space in the key:

<key> NSAllowsArbitraryLoadsInWebContent</key>

Try to use the same value as you did but without the space.

answered Sep 10, 2018 at 13:42

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