I have a homepage with an iframe containing my app LocalStorage,
but when opening my app page the LocalStorage is lost.
structuration of the page:
homepage : domain.com
iframe and app : app.domain.com
the localstorage is set up directly within the iframe and postmessage between iframe and parent works.
We see in the parent page that the LocalStorage for the sub-domain is set but opening the sub-domain on a new window it disappears :
The problem is detected On Safari 18 only.
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We used declarativeNetRequest.getMatchedRules() to retrieve the blocked URLs. While we do receive a list, we noticed that the URLs captured do not always reflect the ones the content blocker is actively blocking at that moment. However, upon reloading the same page, the correct URLs appear.
Screenshots are attached for your reference.
First load:
After reload:
I have noticed that storage.local.get API works differently in Safari 18 compare to other browsers and Safari 17.
browser.storage.local.set({abc: 123})
browser.storage.local.get(console.log) // {abc: 123}
browser.storage.local.get({abc: null}, console.log) // expect {abc: 123} but got undefined instead.
According to MDN, storage.local.get should work with an object with object names as keys and the default value as value.
According to Safari 18 Release notes, this may be related to a fix: 'Fixed getting an empty key from storage. (99440265) (FB11427769)'.
We are using declarativeNetRequest.getMatchedRules() to get the matched rules' URLs. When user switches website in the same tab, it returns URLs which were blocked in the previous website also, within past 5 minutes.
Is it possible to fetch getMatchedRules() only for current webpage in the same tab?
Hi, I am developing the Click & Read web add-on for Chromium, Firefox and Safari.
We use xcrun safari-web-extension-converter tool to generate the Safari add-on. The build on Xcode had no meaning errors/warnings, until we had to switch to a more up-to-date MacBook (required as deprecated Mac had no support for latest macOS and thus for Xcode compatibility !).
So now I build my add-on on an Apple M1 MB Air on Sequoia 15.0 with latest Xcode, but I encounter an error ? or warning ? :
NSBundle file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MetalTools.framework/ principal class is nil because all fallbacks have failed
Unable to create bundle at URL ((null)): normalized URL null
Unable to create bundle at URL ((null)): normalized URL null
Unable to create bundle at URL ((null)): normalized URL null
But it doesn't prevent the add-on build to complete as I am able to open it onto Safari. Then, when loading the add-on on a test web page, I get this error on safari console:
Error: Invalid call to runtime.connect(). No runtime.onConnect listeners found.
BTW, the same add-on Dist works as expected on Chrome or Firefox (on macOS).
So it seems the runtime listener runtime.onConnect.addListener isn't initiated on Background script...
Thanks for your feedback and help
Dependent fields for multi-select options and dropdown fields are not displaying in Safari, although they work correctly in Chrome and Firefox.
Scenario
You have a form built with ASP.NET and Razor, where users need to select multiple options from a dropdown list to trigger the display of dependent fields.
Multi-Select Dropdown: The form has a multi-select dropdown for choosing different categories (Category A, Category B, etc.).
Dependent Fields: Based on the user's selection, certain dependent fields should become visible. For example, if the user selects Category A, an additional input field titled "Details for Category A" should be shown.
Expected Behavior (Chrome & Firefox)
When the user selects Category A or Category B, the corresponding input fields are displayed dynamically, functioning as expected.
Issue in Safari :
In Safari, the dependent fields do not show up when a user selects any category. It's as if the JavaScript or the CSS responsible for displaying these fields is not executing correctly.
CHROME
SAFARI
Browser: Safari (Version 18.0 (20619.1.26.31.6))
Operating System: MacOS (sequoia 15.0)
Device: MacBook Pro 14 Inch Apple M3 Pro , iPhone 14 iOS 18.0
Hai guys,
I'm trying to do autofocus on the search input while user clicks the search icon but its not working as expected in iPhone and iPad so go through some blogs and stackoverflow they mentioned the apple has removed the focus() from touchable device for usablity reason is anyone come up with the same issue or having solution for this kindly share. That must be helpful for me.
iOS 18 WKWebView images are not loading, no errors in older versions.
The example while loading HTML is as follows. A problem occurs when you pull an image from a url. To get a URL image you need a cookie or something. I add them too, but it doesn't work on iOS 18. I get the error "An error occurred trying to load the resource." and a blue question mark on the screen.
webView.configuration.websiteDataStore.httpCookieStore.setCookie(cookie)
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
font-family: -apple-system;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-align: center;
}
img {
width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Resim Görüntüleme</h1>
<img src="https://xx.***.xx/example.png">
</body>
</html>
"""
I have an issue with web ads not working in Safari versions earlier than 16.4.
While debugging Safari Web Ads I found out that I don't get postbacks from versions 16.4 or below from Safari, although there are no technical limitations and the documentation says that web ads should work starting from versions 16.1 https://developer.apple.com/documentation/storekit/skadnetwork/skadnetwork_release_notes/skadnetwork_4_release_notes
For ads that appear in an app, the app is built with iOS 16.1 SDK or later. For web ads, the ad appears in Safari 16.1 or later.``
Maybe I missed something and Apple didn't update the documentation, is that normal?
Maybe it's related to this release and there was a technical problem with Apple? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios-ipados-release-notes/ios-ipados-16_4-release-notes/#SKAdNetwork
Has anyone encountered the same problem and how did you fix it?
Thanks!
My Safari extension has a WKWebView in the main app and an HTML popup window in Safari. For some reason, both are in dark mode on visionOS, even though the device environment is light and Safari tabs are also showing light mode. Why does this happen, and how can I change it?
So recently Intune add support for controlling safari web extension enablement using the new ddm configuration added in Macos 15, but unfortunately I can't make it work no matter what I try.
On the destination machine I see the that a user declaration for safari extension has been created, but there is not details on which extension they applied and it seems faulty (See attachment)
I have 2 questions:
Has anyone managed to make it work?
Is there a way to test this declaration like I can do with Mobile config by manually load it to the machine?
Thank you.
After updating Xcode to the latest version we observed that SFSafariViewController is not loading web pages on Xcode 16 Simulator with iOS 18, whenever it is presented the View Controller is empty (does not load any content) and the app freezes, but other screens that use WKWebView are working normally.
Also, during tests on physical devices with iOS 18 it seems to work just fine, so it might be just a IDE version problem.
Is anyone experiencing the same issue?
If so, did anyone find a solution for it?
Hi, there.
I am trying to use ServiceWorker on iPad to retry a request that has a communication error. However, I am having trouble with the process being terminated after 70 seconds.
Occurs at least on iPadOS 17.6.1 and 16.3.
The following is the service worker code to reproduce the problem:
self.addEventListener('fetch', (event) => {
if (event.request.url.includes('test.html')) {
event.respondWith(longRunFetch());
}
});
async function longRunFetch(request) {
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 75000));
return new Response('Fetch completed');
}
When this code is executed on an iPad and a request is made to test.html, the service worker stops after about 70 seconds. When it stops, it falls back to the network request and the contents of test.html are displayed. The service worker thread appears to be killed and is unavailable until the browser is restarted.
If timeout is set to 65000, 'Fetch completed' is displayed as expected.
Why is the process terminated in 70 seconds?
Is there any way to continue processing beyond 70 seconds?
Hi everyone,
I’m working on an app that uses WKWebView. Due to security concerns, our customers want the app to disable copy-paste functionality and similar options (such as Lookup and Share, allowing users to extract text from the app or save it as a file.
I was able to disable copy-paste and remove UIMenu options like Lookup and Share.
Everything worked fine until the iOS 18.1 beta, which introduced a new menu called Writing Tools (Apple Intelligence) that has its own copy and share buttons
I've tried several ways to remove it
Remove all UIMenu items using canPerformAction, and it works for all menus but Writing Tools, which still remains
override func canPerformAction(_ action: Selector, withSender sender: Any?) -> Bool {
return false
}
Remove it from UIMenuBuilder
override func buildMenu(with builder: UIMenuBuilder) {
builder.remove(menu: .lookup)
builder.remove(menu: .share)
}
But unfortunately, UIMenuBuilder does not have an identifier for Writing Tools, and it seems like there are no API changes from Xcode 15 to Xcode 16 (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uimenu/identifier)
It seems like the only way to disable it through MDM configuration (key: allowWritingTools), but we don't use MDM
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/restrictions
Environment
iOS Version: iOS 18.1 beta4
Device: iPhone 15 Pro
App platform: iOS
Xcode version: 16.0
MacOS: 15.0
Thank you
Hi, I am having issue with WebAssembly not able to load wasm file on Safari web extension.
It is showing CompileError: Refused to create a WebAssembly object because 'unsafe-eval' or 'wasm-unsafe-eval' is not an allowed source of script in the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'self' 'wasm-unsafe-eval'".
It was working fine 2 month ago, my original CPS is "script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval'". But now it is not accepting 'unsafe-eval', I also tried 'wasm-unsafe-eval' did not work.
Is there any changes on Safari browser regarding the CSP for WebAssenbly? Please let me know what CPS value will work.
Here is the example code on how I load the WebAssembly wasm file.
fetch('test_wasm_lib.wasm')
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Network response was not ok');
return response.arrayBuffer();
})
.then(bytes => WebAssembly.instantiate(bytes))
.then(results => {
// Use your WebAssembly instance here
console.log('load wasm success')
})
.catch(error => {
console.error('Error loading WASM:', error);
});
It seems Safari 18's fetch() does not include credentials even credentials: include and safari extension has host_permissions for that domain.
Is there anyone has this problem?
I try to request in popup.js like this:
const response = await fetch(
url,
{
method: 'GET',
mode: 'cors',
credentials: 'include',
referrerPolicy: 'no-referrer',
}
);
and it does not include the cookie from host_permissions.
Those code worked in Safari 17 (macOS Sonoma).
Hi! We are having a hard time with the universal link, help is appreciated! Thanks in advance!
The universal link doesn't work after installation for some time. A user has to wait for from 5 to a couple of hours after the app is installed on the device.
This has also affected App reviewers since we need the universal link to work for successful login. Each submission will receive a rejection of we cannot login and it will be approved until we kindly ask them to try again.
I believe the JSON is delivered to devices by Apple's CDN system and the fact that it works on most devices most of the time should imply that we have a valid apple-app-site-association setup.
So I am really confused about the wait time, which is giving us trouble with app review and a bad user experience
Is it possible to enable/disable the enabled flag before the extension is loaded? we want to have a button in our app which controls the availability of the content blocker ruleSet in declarative_net_request in manifest (version 2).
"declarative_net_request": {
"rule_resources": [
{
"id": "ruleset_1",
"enabled": true,
"path": "ruleset_1.json"
}
]
},
Safari cannot open the page due to the error 'WebKit encountered an internal error.' We are using https://github.com/stleamist/BetterSafariView.git, and it was working fine before we updated to Xcode 16.
We are using manifest version 2, and currently some dynamic ads which come under the #document (documentURL) are not getting fetched and we are not able to block.
is there an alternative for onBeginRequest in iOS Safari? How can we fetch the dynamic URLs otherwise?