Capacitor: Apple will stop accepting apps using deprecated UIWebView api

[WIStudent]

Description of the problem:
I just received a mail from Apple notifing me that they will stop accepting apps using the deprecated UIWebView api.

Dear Developer,
We identified one or more issues with a recent delivery for your app, [redacted]. Your delivery was successful, but you may wish to correct the following issues in your next delivery:

ITMS-90809: Deprecated API Usage - Apple will stop accepting submissions of apps that use UIWebView APIs . See https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiwebview for more information.

After you’ve corrected the issues, you can use Xcode or Application Loader to upload a new binary to App Store Connect.

Best regards,

> The App Store Team

Right now we are pushing our app only to TestFlight and not yet to the public app store, so I can't tell if this rule is already being enforced for submissions to the app store (despite the warning the app was still accepted by TestFlight), but this is definitely a sign that the UIWebView should be replaced with a WKWebView in capacitor as soon as possible.

Affected platform

• [ ] Android
• [x] iOS
• [ ] electron
• [ ] web

Capacitor version:
1.1.1

[jcesarmobile]

Capacitor only uses WKWebView, it has a few UIWebView references but those are on the Cordova compatibility classes.

[Livijn]

I am also seeing this warning. I am only using Capacitor's "core plugins" / API.

[JoshuvaGeorge03]

Is there any solution to fix this issue?

[vhinic]

This issue should not be closed. I'm using just capacitor without any Cordova plugins (or core native). This is what I got from apple:

Apple will stop accepting submissions of apps that use UIWebView - even if it is just reference. See https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiwebview for more information

[jcesarmobile]

Do you see the issue closed?
It’s open until we remove the few UIWebView references from the cordova compatibility classes have and we will do a release after that, probably next week.

[derman10]

I have the same error uploading to iOS TestFight my app, building with Ionic 3/Cordova.

I don't using UIWebView. Just WebView depencency on my config.xml Ionic project:

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="1.3.3" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-statusbar" spec="2.4.2" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-device" spec="2.0.2" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" spec="5.0.2" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-ionic-webview" spec="^4.0.0" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard" spec="^2.0.5" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-network-information" spec="2.0.2" />
<plugin name="cordova-open-native-settings" spec="1.5.2" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-geolocation" spec="4.0.2" />
<plugin name="cordova-sqlite-storage" spec="3.2.1" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-camera" spec="4.1.0" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-transfer" spec="1.7.1" />
<engine name="ios" spec="4.5.5" />

Any solution?

Thanks.

[vhinic]

@jcesarmobile my apology, I saw #1915 closed and came to the wrong conclusion that this issue is closed. Probable release next week is fantastic news.

[voleylol]

Hello, the warning from Apple is still showing, so I did a search in my project and show this:

https://phoenix-connection.slack.com/files/UD4JPTBCM/FR5K8GG04/captura_de_pantalla_2019-12-02_a_las_15.28.49.png

https://phoenix-connection.slack.com/files/UD4JPTBCM/FR7UJS0F9/captura_de_pantalla_2019-12-02_a_las_15.29.05.png

[roundlakedan]

Hey folks, just in case anyone hadn't seen this yet. Looks like Apple finally set a drop-dead on UIWebView. https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=12232019b

[steel]

This is still an issue with 1.4.0 Searching through the Fastlane code, there's still references to UIWebView. I still get this email even though my app itself is not using any plugins or UIWebView.

[FrancisTse8]

I've switched from Cordova to Capacitor. Had been successful in compiling and loading app on iPhone but have not gone as far as doing pre-flight. Has the UIWebView issue been fixed for Capacitor?

[socalrunner]

I am using Capacitor Core (@capacitor/[email protected]) and I'm still seeing references to UIWebView here:

Please advise. Your guide here (https://ionicframework.com/blog/understanding-itms-90809-uiwebview-api-deprecation/) says it is fixed in the latest version of capacitor, but I'm using the latest version of Capacitor.

[steel]

@socalrunner I am in the same boat. I suspect it's loading this because I am using existing Cordova plugins. I haven't tried completely removing those Cordova plugins to see if these pods are removed from the build.

That said, what is the timeline to get these upgraded? Or is that a Cordova issue?

[dotNetkow]

Hi all - I can confirm that Capacitor works just fine (I retested 1.4.0 today, uploading an app to Apple). Yes, those references are in that pod but they don't trigger the warning. If you're still seeing it, it's a Cordova plugin that has UIWebview references.

Cordova plugins will have to be updated by their maintainer.

[rathorrajnesh]

I am trying since days
but none of single suggestion is working for me
I tried even with empty project

package.json file

"dependencies": {
"@angular/common": "~9.1.6",
"@angular/core": "~9.1.6",
"@angular/forms": "~9.1.6",
"@angular/platform-browser": "~9.1.6",
"@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~9.1.6",
"@angular/router": "~9.1.6",
"@capacitor/android": "^2.2.0",
"@capacitor/core": "2.2.0",
"@ionic-native/core": "^5.0.7",
"@ionic-native/paypal": "^5.26.0",
"@ionic-native/splash-screen": "^5.0.0",
"@ionic-native/status-bar": "^5.0.0",
"@ionic/angular": "^5.0.0",
"card.io.cordova.mobilesdk": "^2.1.0",
"com.paypal.cordova.mobilesdk": "^3.5.0",
"rxjs": "~6.5.1",
"tslib": "^1.10.0",
"zone.js": "~0.10.2"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@angular-devkit/build-angular": "~0.901.5",
"@angular/cli": "~9.1.5",
"@angular/compiler": "~9.1.6",
"@angular/compiler-cli": "~9.1.6",
"@angular/language-service": "~9.1.6",
"@capacitor/cli": "2.2.0",
"@ionic/angular-toolkit": "^2.1.1",
"@types/jasmine": "~3.5.0",
"@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",
"@types/node": "^12.11.1",
"codelyzer": "^5.1.2",
"jasmine-core": "~3.5.0",
"jasmine-spec-reporter": "~4.2.1",
"karma": "~5.0.0",
"karma-chrome-launcher": "~3.1.0",
"karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "~2.1.0",
"karma-jasmine": "~3.0.1",
"karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^1.4.2",
"protractor": "~5.4.3",
"ts-node": "~8.3.0",
"tslint": "~6.1.0",
"typescript": "~3.8.3"
},

but I am not able to solve it this error UIWebView are no longer accepted. Instead, use WKWebView

please help It becoming harder for me.

[jcesarmobile]

it's paypal plugin, paypal SDK is deprecated and uses UIWebView