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iOS - Communication from Javascript to iOS

iOS - Communication from Javascript to iOS

This is the second part of two series article. You have already read the first part which shows how to transfer data from iOS to JavaScript. In this part we will see how you can transfer data from JavaScript function back to iOS (Swift). For the clarity purpose and to

iOS - Communication from iOS to JavaScript

iOS - Communication from iOS to JavaScript

This is the first part of a series about communication between iOS and JavaScript. In this part we will see 1. How to call JavaScript functions from iOS 2. How to get return value of executed JavaScript functions back to iOS 3. How to pass variety of objects types (String,

Enable zoom for web pages on UIWebView - Swift

Yesterday I ran into annoying problem. In one of our apps we load web pages in standard UIWebView. Nothing great, everyone does it. However, the requirement was user should be able to pinch and zoom them since the font was too small for an ordinary user. It was totally fine

Getting elapsed time for YouTube videos on iOS

Recently I came across this problem to keep track of how much time elapsed for YouTube video while working on one of our apps. The reason being, we were looking for user engagement score and we wanted to analyze the time for which user was engaged in watching YouTube video

Adding custom Media content into UIWebView

Recently I was working on the app to show custom media content in the UIWebView. This media could be * Images * Regular videos * YouTube videos * PDF Files In this post, I will show how to handle these media types * Images * Local images If you already have images in your local directory