Removing WebView?

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I am looking to see if anyone else is struggling with this, I have had an App with web-view for ages, it was designed by a developer and now Apple are pulling WebView, not just this they still have not implemented Push on PWA which is going to really put us in a position which could cost a lot of money.
We would need to get the developer to redevelop the app £1000+, the site is a PWA but as you know has its limitations due to Apple's rules and agenda.
So I have a choice abandon the iOS app and contuine with the Android App with Push and tell my iOS users to use the PWA without Push. I am kind of angry at Apple over this.
Also my Developer account has now expired and I see no reason to renew it over this decision.
What are people's thoughts?

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Apple isn't pulling WebView. It's removing UIWebView. The replacement is WKWebView, which works more or less the same with a few different features.

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When we upload our App to TestFlight it warns us to change over to this? is this a framework? if so yes the app would need to be re-developed or is it a simple change in xcode?

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It's a change. You need to use WkWebView instead of UIWebView. It may not be a simple change. Some features in UIWebView don't work in WkWebView. There is no way that anyone here would know if your app would be affected by that.

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