Handling JavaScript events in WKWebView
If you want to add click listener only for button with id 'buttonX' (<button id="buttonX">Click me</button>
) then
let scriptSource = """
var button = document.getElementById('buttonX');
document.body.style.backgroundColor = `red`;
if(button != null) {
button.addEventListener("click", function(){
window.webkit.messageHandlers.iosClickListener.postMessage('open_invitation');
document.body.style.backgroundColor = `green`;
});
}
"""
let config = WKWebViewConfiguration()
let script = WKUserScript(source: scriptSource, injectionTime: .atDocumentEnd, forMainFrameOnly: false)
config.userContentController.addUserScript(script)
config.userContentController.add(self, name: "iosClickListener")
let webView = WKWebView(frame: view.frame, configuration: config)
view.addSubview(webView)
webView.loadHTMLString(html, baseURL: nil) //load your html body here
}
func userContentController(_ userContentController: WKUserContentController, didReceive message: WKScriptMessage) {
if let body = message.body as? String, body == "open_invitation" {
print("✅ we did it")
}
}
Also your view controller should conform to WKScriptMessageHandler
protocol
you can use a WKUserScript and add it to the userContentController of the WKWebView's configuration.
let config = WKWebViewConfiguration()
let source = "document.addEventListener('click', function(){ window.webkit.messageHandlers.iosListener.postMessage('click clack!'); })"
let script = WKUserScript(source: source, injectionTime: .atDocumentEnd, forMainFrameOnly: false)
config.userContentController.addUserScript(script)
config.userContentController.add(self, name: "iosListener")
webView = WKWebView(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds, configuration: config)
this will make the script and inject it into the page when the document is finished loading. Now, you need to implement the WKScriptMessageHandler protocol to receive the message:
func userContentController(_ userContentController: WKUserContentController, didReceive message: WKScriptMessage) {
print("message: \(message.body)")
// and whatever other actions you want to take
}