Unable to add WKWebView to Xcode Project

Question

I have a ViewController that looks something like:

import UIKit
import WebKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    @IBOutlet var webView: WKWebView!
}

In my storyboard I have a WKWebView as a subview of my main view. I've linked up the IBOutlet but when I run the application I receive:

EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=1, address=0x431)

What am I doing wrong here and how do I fix it?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '15 at 11:37

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WKWebView is not supported on Storyboards. You have to create it by code. The web view element you are using in your Storyboard is a UIWebView.

answered Oct 20 '15 at 11:37

Ruben Marin

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Is this documented anywhere? – Kyle Decot Oct 20 '15 at 16:10
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Not by Apple. But http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24167812/wkwebview-in-interface-builder – Ruben Marin Oct 21 '15 at 10:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 01 '17 at 05:34

Use this simple and direct code to create and load your WKWebView:

        let webView = WKWebView(frame:NSMakeRect(0, 0,1000, 1000))
        webView.load(NSURLRequest(url:NSURL(string:"https://YourWebURLToLoad") as! URL) as URLRequest)
        webView.navigationDelegate = self;
        self.window.contentView?.addSubview(webView)

Unable to add WKWebView to Xcode Project

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