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Wondering what the best approach is to read HTML/JS within a webview in a native app that works for:

  • iOS
  • Android
  • Windows Phone

Can all three platforms read the content of a web view, or does the sandbox prevent that from happening?

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El-codino
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  • Please have a look for iOS http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15537320/invoke-method-in-objective-c-code-from-html-code-using-uiwebview/15541607#15541607 – Vinodh Jan 27 '14 at 11:10
  • Thanks - really helpful. I'm still checking if this works on Windows Phone 8 platform and will share anything that I find. – El-codino Jan 31 '14 at 13:44
  • El-codino what did you find? – SAHM May 27 '14 at 03:47

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On iOS you can fairly easy communicate with web view injecting some JS. In opposite direction calling messages is a bit more complicated, but still possible, when you create a kind of bridge between JS and iOS.

I think on Android is probably easier. Don't know about Windows Phone.

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