UIWebView not loading local .html file

Question

I a trying to view an .html file (index.html) that is stored in my Bundle (in my Supporting Files).

The .html file sits in a folder called HTML. My code is as follows:

- (void)viewDidLoad
    {
     [super viewDidLoad];  

  _viewWeb.delegate = self;

    NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle]
                      pathForResource:@"index" ofType:@"html" inDirectory:@"HTML"];
    NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
    NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
    [_viewWeb setScalesPageToFit:YES];
    [self.viewWeb loadRequest:request];

    }

My header file looks as follows:

@interface D6ViewController : UIViewController <UIWebViewDelegate>


    {

    IBOutlet UIWebView *viewWeb;

    }

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIWebView *viewWeb;

@end

I synthesized property as viewWeb = _viewWeb. The viewcontroller holding the UIWebView loads fine but shows a white screen with no webpage. I have set the outlets in the IB.

Any ideas? Thanks,

possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7063276/how-to-load-local-html-file-into-uiwebview-iphone — Numeral, Jul 02 '13 at 16:00

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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You are using a relative path (hence the blue color of a folder). You can actually find the answer to this problem here Load resources from relative path using local html in uiwebview or below:

Drag the resource into your xcode project, you will get two options "create groups for any added folders" and "create folders references for any added folders". Select the "create folder references.." option.

The code below should work.

  NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"index" ofType:@"html" inDirectory:@"/HTML"]];
  [webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url]];

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Jul 02 '13 at 16:10

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still nothing. just the white screen – Cybernetic Jul 02 '13 at 16:19
do a clean and rebuild. Also delete the app from your simulator/device, and let it get readded. The files may've not copied over properly. – apollosoftware.org Jul 02 '13 at 16:22
Still nothing. So weird. I have another App where this works perfect. Everything is set up the same. – Cybernetic Jul 02 '13 at 16:28
remove your resource and readd it. Did you try loading other html files from the bundle? maybe index is being funky. – apollosoftware.org Jul 02 '13 at 16:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '13 at 17:06

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try this

[webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"index" ofType:@"html"]isDirectory:NO]]];

answered Jul 02 '13 at 17:06

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 05 '14 at 13:23

In Swift:

func pathForResource(name: String?, ofType ext: String?, inDirectory subpath: String?) -> String?
- name: Name of Hmtl;
- ofType ext: extension for type of file. In this case "html";
- inDirectory subpath: the folder where are the file. In this case the file is in root folder;

    let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("dados", ofType: "html", inDirectory: "root")
    var requestURL = NSURL(string:path!);
    var request = NSURLRequest(URL:requestURL);

    webView.loadRequest(request)

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 26 '14 at 18:16

You are wrong, here is the correct code:

        var requestURL = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("index", ofType: "html", inDirectory: "www")!)
    var request = NSURLRequest(URL:requestURL!)

    myWebView.loadRequest(request)

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 31 '16 at 11:31

You can use this If you are not saving your HTML file in any directory.If you are saving your HTML file in any directory then specify the directory name in "inDirectory" parameter.

NSString *htmlFile = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"privacy-Policy" ofType:@"html" inDirectory:nil];
NSData *htmlData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:htmlFile];
[_webView loadData:htmlData MIMEType:@"text/html" textEncodingName:@"UTF-8" baseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@""]];

UIWebView not loading local .html file

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