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Patrick Hillert
Patrick Hillert

Reputation: 2439

Is iOS UIWebView based on Safari implementations like Android WebView on Chromium?

I'm searching now for a while but I've not found a solid statement on an apple developer site about the underlying implementation of the UIWebView.

Does anybody know that?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1053

Answers (1)

Ben Trengrove
Ben Trengrove

Reputation: 8759

Apple introduced WKWebView in iOS8. This implementation replaces UIWebView and brings with it the same javascript engine that Safari on iOS uses. The old UIWebView was not as responsive as Safari as it had an older implementation of the javascript engine and leaked memory.

There is a great article on NSHipster about it, http://nshipster.com/wkwebkit/

Upvotes: 1

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