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Sample code for "Injecting JavaScript Into Web View In iOS" (https://swiftsenpai.com/development/web-view-javascript-injection/)
import UIKit
import WebKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Configure the web view for JavaScript injection
configureWebView()
}
private func configureWebView() {
let css = """
html, body {
overflow-x: hidden;
}
body {
background-color: #333333;
line-height: 1.5;
color: white;
padding: 10;
font-weight: 600;
font-family: -apple-system;
}
"""
// Make CSS into single liner
let cssString = css.components(separatedBy: .newlines).joined()
// Create JavaScript that loads the CSS
let javaScript = """
var element = document.createElement('style');
element.innerHTML = '\(cssString)';
document.head.appendChild(element);
"""
// Create user script that inject the JavaScript after the HTML finishes loading
let userScript = WKUserScript(source: javaScript,
injectionTime: .atDocumentEnd,
forMainFrameOnly: true)
// Set user script to a configuration object and load it into the webView
let userContentController = WKUserContentController()
userContentController.addUserScript(userScript)
let configuration = WKWebViewConfiguration()
configuration.userContentController = userContentController
let webView = WKWebView(frame: CGRect.zero, configuration: configuration)
// Show web view on screen
view.addSubview(webView)
webView.layer.cornerRadius = 20.0
webView.layer.masksToBounds = true
webView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
webView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.layoutMarginsGuide.topAnchor, constant: 20.0),
webView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor, constant: 20.0),
webView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor, constant: -20.0),
webView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.layoutMarginsGuide.bottomAnchor, constant: -20.0),
])
// Load content to webView
DispatchQueue.global().async {
let link = "https://swiftsenpai.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/plainHtmlSample.html"
guard
let url = URL(string: link),
let htmlContent = try? String(contentsOf: url, encoding: .utf8) else {
assertionFailure("Fail to get agreement HTML")
return
}
DispatchQueue.main.async {
// Prepend `<meta>` viewport element to the HTML so that it will scale correctly in a mobile device
let metaTag = "<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"user-scalable=no, width=device-width\">"
let html = "\(metaTag)\(htmlContent)"
// Load HTML string to web view in main thread
webView.loadHTMLString(html, baseURL: nil)
}
}
}
}
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