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iOS WebView doesn't use https

See original GitHub issue

Version

1.0.0-beta.6

Platfrom

iOS built application

Issue

iOS localhost is loaded with http protocol.

It results in issue with some services, which stricly requring secure connection.

For instance, when navigation.geolocation.watchPosition() used, it results in following error:

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Reactions:6
Comments:12 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

jcesarmobilecommented, Sep 14, 2018

The native geolocation plugin works fine, it’s the webview implementation what doesn’t work (navigation.geolocation) because it requires https to work.

We use GCDWebServer as the web server and it doesn’t support https, nor it’s going to support it in the future, so to “fix” this we will have to use a different web server with https support, or use a custom scheme instead of http: or https:, but that’s only supported on iOS 11+, and I’m not really sure navigation.geolocation will work with a custom scheme.

Closing it for now as the rest of issues tagged with feature request tag. If you are interested in https feature add the +1 reaction (thumbs up)on the issue as we use it to gauge interest on feature request issues.

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ArmorDarkscommented, Sep 10, 2018

@ajayak Basically, install Safari Tech Preview, launch it, enable Develop menu, then launch Xcode and run your app in the simulator.

After that you should see in Safari Develop menu entry iPhone Simulator, and there should be your launched simulator instance. Just run it and you’ll see devtools for launched WebView.