# Codename One switches its default iOS browser component to WKWebView and adds developer updates

DevFeed: [Codename One switches its default iOS browser component to WKWebView and adds developer updates](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/wkwebview-and-prs-19677.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/wkwebview-prs/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2019-10-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [FFmpeg (Fast Forward Moving Picture Experts Group)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ffmpeg.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apple](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [ffmpeg](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ffmpeg.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>)

## AI overview

The article reports that Codename One changed its default iOS browser component from UIWebView to WKWebView to address Apple warnings about the outdated component. It also describes a video library, a generic releasable-components interface, popup-direction controls, and an API for guessing common file MIME types.

## Source excerpt

We still have features to cover from our summer vacation but we need to make a short de-tour through newer things that landed recently. One of the big highlights is the switch to WKWebView. We effectively changed the default iOS browser component to WKWebView instead of UIWebView. This resolved warnings Apple started sending out to developers about using the out of date UIWebView. This mostly went unnoticed by most developers as it should. But if your browser starts acting up this is the reason. There isn't much we can do here as we knew that day would come where Apple will demand a switch.