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Support for WKWebView

The 
BlackBerry Dynamics SDK for iOS
 version 4.2 and later supports secure WKWebView for displaying interactive web content. The SDK supports WKWebView for devices running 
iOS
 11.0 or later.
Note the following support details:
  • The SDK supports multiple WKWebView instances. The instances must be created programmatically.
  • The SDK supports loading WKWebView from UIStoryBoard. To avoid any possible data leaks, you must load UIStoryBoard with the WKWebView component after the initialization of the SDK.
  • The supported versions of 
    iOS
     require 
    JavaScript
     injection by the 
    BlackBerry Dynamics Runtime
    .
  • The 
    JavaScript
     Fetch API is not supported for 
    iOS
     11.2 and earlier.
  • The 
    JavaScript
     Fetch API is supported for 
    iOS
     11.3 and later, with the following known issue that will be addressed in a future release:
    • Requests with the raw file or blob binary object body content types do not work.
The SDK’s implementation of secure WKWebView currently supports:
  • Loading HTTP and HTTPS data
  • Redirection
  • Basic, Digest, NTLM, 
    Kerberos
    , and ClientCertificate authentication
  • Cookies
  • Video and audio playback
  • Asynchronous XHR requests
  • HTML5 non-persistent local storage
  • Sending the following types of body data using XMLHttpRequest: ArrayBuffer, Blob, FormData, URLSearchParams, USVString
The SDK’s implementation of secure WKWebView does not currently support:
  • Secure WKWebView creation from UIStoryBoard, including WKWebView controls that are added with the 
    Xcode
     Interface Builder tool
  • The JavaScript sendBeacon API
  • The following Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) settings from 
    BlackBerry UEM
     or standalone 
    Good Control
     for long-press or 3D touch actions:
    • Do not allow copying data from 
      BlackBerry Dynamics
       apps into non 
      BlackBerry Dynamics
       apps
    • Do not allow copying data from non 
      BlackBerry Dynamics
       apps into 
      BlackBerry Dynamics
       apps
  • HTML5 persistent local storage
  • HTML attributes for a link tag (for example, preconnect)
  • WebSockets
  • HTTP/2