WKWebView issues

App Development
1

Although my app doesn’t crash, it does spit out the following when I run it on the simulator…

2020-07-17 21:02:42.553238-0500 wfpsmobileapp[81720:1913019] WF: === Starting WebFilter logging for process wfpsmobileapp

2020-07-17 21:02:42.553429-0500 wfpsmobileapp[81720:1913019] WF: _userSettingsForUser : (null)

2020-07-17 21:02:42.553560-0500 wfpsmobileapp[81720:1913019] WF: _WebFilterIsActive returning: NO

I get a different error when I use my iPhone in place of the simulator…

The iPhone error…

2020-07-17 21:05:23.302720-0500 wfpsmobileapp[8845:2924127] WF: === Starting WebFilter logging for process wfpsmobileapp

2020-07-17 21:05:23.302782-0500 wfpsmobileapp[8845:2924127] WF: _userSettingsForUser mobile: {

filterBlacklist = (

);

filterWhitelist = (

);

restrictWeb = 1;

useContentFilter = 0;

useContentFilterOverrides = 0;

whitelistEnabled = 0;

}

2020-07-17 21:05:23.302837-0500 wfpsmobileapp[8845:2924127] WF: _WebFilterIsActive returning: NO

2020-07-17 21:05:23.411177-0500 wfpsmobileapp[8845:2924127] Could not create sandbox extension

Could not create sandbox extension

I believe it is associated with this bit of code as it only occurs when I open a PDF file which is the basis of this app…

//Opens PDF based on button pressed
func openPdfFile() {

    let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: pdfTitle, withExtension: "pdf")
           if let url = url {
               let webView = WKWebView(frame: view.frame)
               let urlRequest = URLRequest(url: url)
               webView.load(urlRequest)
               view.addSubview(webView)
           }
}

//Opens AA01 Protocol
@IBAction func aa01Protocol(_ sender: Any) {
    pdfTitle = "aa01Protocol"
    openPdfFile()
}

}

Any ideas &/or suggestions?

3

What happens if you load the PDF from a Website. Say this one. It’s just a simple DrillChart PDF.

http://www.smithbearing.com/images/pdf/ENG-FractionalChart.pdf

4

Hi,

This is the method I use to display a pdf in the bundle. You can see some sight differences form your method.


func getPrayPdf(name: String) {
        
        if let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: name, ofType: "pdf") {
            let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: path)
            if let pdfDocument = PDFDocument(url: url) {
                pdfView.displayMode = .singlePageContinuous
                pdfView.autoScales = true
                pdfView.displayDirection = .vertical
                pdfView.document = pdfDocument
            }
        }
    } //end  getPrayPdf

I found that Apple is REALLY picky if you use a web view instead of opening it in Safari. Hence I just placed them in the bundle.

Best of luck.

Blessings,
—Mark

5

Good one Mark. I’ll try that myself and see how it goes.

Hmmmmmm, there is a bit more to it than just that.

This might also help:
https://www.hackingwithswift.com/example-code/libraries/how-to-display-pdfs-using-pdfview

6

Arnie,

This was some code I implemented in a simple UIKit program just to display a PDF and I based it on the Paul Hudson article I posted previously.

import UIKit
import PDFKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    
    let pdfView = PDFView()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        
        setupPDFView()
        displayPDF()        
        
    }

    func setupPDFView() {
        
        pdfView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        view.addSubview(pdfView)

        pdfView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
        pdfView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
        pdfView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.topAnchor).isActive = true
        pdfView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
    }
    
    func displayPDF() {
        guard let path = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "results", withExtension: "pdf") else { return }
        let pdfDocument = PDFDocument(url: path)
        pdfView.document = pdfDocument
        pdfView.displayMode = .singlePageContinuous
        pdfView.autoScales = true
        pdfView.displayDirection = .vertical
    }
    
}

The file I added was just a multi page PDF I had lying around and it worked nicely.