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Aleksander
Aleksander

Reputation: 2815

Force UIWebView to load mobile version of website, like Safari does

I'm making an app where having a UIWebView is absolutely necessary. However, I'm having a problem where the UIWebView doesn't load the mobile version of the website.

I've read some questions on StackOverflow, and they all seem to say it's up to the website to decide what type to display, and that the UIWebView acts just like Safari.

However, I have tested with 9 different links to different websites and they all load the desktop version in my UIWebView and the mobile version in Safari.

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What could I do to force the UIWebView to load the mobile version just like Safari does? Are there a type of headers I could send or cookies to set or anything that actually works?

Furthermore, the desktop versions scale terribly in my UIWebView. They do allow zooming, but when I release they all (the websites) reset back to the same position. And when I try to scroll horizontally, they just snap back into the original position, which leaves the website impossible to read and my UIWebView utterly useless. If I can't force the mobile page, how can I make the desktop versions act differently?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1378

Answers (1)

Aleksander
Aleksander

Reputation: 2815

I forgot to set the constraints for the UIWebView, which caused the content to be rendered wrongly. I don't know how that's relevant, but constraining the UIWebView seems to not only render the content correctly but also display the mobile site.

Upvotes: 2

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