Can we still release an updated iOS app that uses UIWebview?
I work in a bank where we are converting to WKWebview but want to make a small unrelated change. Will it be accepted in the App Store?
Is UIWebview still accepted?
Apple statement is that you cannot update since Dec 2020
Updating Apps that Use Web Views December 23, 2019
If your app still embeds web content using the deprecated UIWebView API, we strongly encourage you to update to WKWebView as soon as possible for improved security and reliability. WKWebView ensures that compromised web content doesn’t affect the rest of an app by limiting web processing to the app’s web view. And it’s supported in iOS and macOS, and by Mac Catalyst.
The App Store will no longer accept new apps using UIWebView as of April 2020 and app updates using UIWebView as of December 2020.
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=12232019b
They published an info on Oct 8 2020 to extend, but did not give deadline:
However, to provide additional time for you to adopt WKWebView and to ensure that it supports the features most often requested by developers, this deadline for app updates has been extended beyond the end of 2020. We’ll let you know when a new deadline is confirmed.
So, if it is a minor update, you can take the risk and try. But be prepared to have to move, sooner than later.
Are you able to submit successfully? Did apple accept your app? I also have an old app with UIWebView. Please let me know. Thanks.
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