UIWebView is unavailable: not available on tvOS

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Is there anyway to use a UIWebView with an application targeted for tvos? This Apple Doc, UIWebView Class Reference, would suggest otherwise would it not? Or am I just interpreting this all wrong?

UIWebViewNavigationType (New in tvos 9.0)

deleted that qualifier. I would suggest making an app with UIKit — Jess Bowers, Sep 10 '15 at 18:57
or rather, UIKit only. There isn't a way to use WebViews to render content on tvOS — Jess Bowers, Sep 10 '15 at 19:00
possible duplicate of [Web app in tvOS](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32503582/web-app-in-tvos) — Marcio Oliveira, Sep 11 '15 at 11:03

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 09 '17 at 03:06

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UIWebView is not available for tvOS, as @JessBowers mentioned in the comments, and is documented here: UIKit Changes for Objective-C, UIKit Changes for Swift.

For a complete list of iOS API's that are available for tvOS refer to: iOS 9.0 to tvOS 9.0 API Differences

edited Feb 09 '17 at 03:06

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answered Sep 10 '15 at 20:55

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 28 '16 at 18:38

Although WebKit/UIWebView is not officially available in tvOS, some people have figured out that it is possible to use that functionality if you are willing to edit your system header files. No word on whether Apple would actually approve a tvOS app that is using such an undocumented API.

UIWebView is unavailable: not available on tvOS

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