/WebViewJavascriptBridge

A standalone iOS class for sending messages to and from javascript in a UIWebView

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WebViewJavascriptBridge

An iOS bridge for sending messages to and from javascript in a UIWebView.

Setup & Examples

Just open the Xcode project and hit run to see ExampleApp run.

To use a WebViewJavascriptBridge in your own project:

  1. Drag the WebViewJavascriptBridge folder into your project.
  • In the dialog that appears, uncheck "Copy items into destination group's folder" and select "Create groups for any folders"

  1. Import the header file:

    #import "WebViewJavascriptBridge.h"

  2. Instantiate a UIWebView and a WebViewJavascriptBridge:

    UIWebView* webView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:self.window.bounds]; WebViewJavascriptBridge* bridge = [WebViewJavascriptBridge bridgeForWebView:webView handler:^(id data, WVJBResponse* response) { NSLog(@"Received message from javascript: %@", data); [response respondWith:@"Right back atcha"]; // or [response respondWithError:] }];

  3. Go ahead and send some messages from ObjC to javascript:

    [bridge send:@"Well hello there"]; [bridge send:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:@"Foo" forKey:@"Bar"]]; [bridge send:@"Give me a response, will you?" responseCallback:^(id error, id responseData) { NSLog(@"objc got its response! %@ %@", error, responseData); }];

  4. Finally, set up the javascript side:

    document.addEventListener('WebViewJavascriptBridgeReady', function onBridgeReady(event) { var bridge = event.bridge bridge.init(function(message, response) { alert('Received message: ' + message)
    if (response) { response.respondWith("Right back atcha") // or use response.respondWithError("Booh!") } }) bridge.send('Hello from the javascript') bridge.send('Please respond to this', function responseCallback(error, responseData) { console.log("javascript got its response", error, responseData) }) }, false)

API Reference

ObjC API

[WebViewJavascriptBridge bridgeForWebView:(UIWebView*)webview handler:(WVJBHandler)handler]
[WebViewJavascriptBridge bridgeForWebView:(UIWebView*)webview webViewDelegate:(UIWebViewDelegate*)webViewDelegate handler:(WVJBHandler)handler]

Create a javascript bridge for the given UIWebView.

The WVJBResponse will not be nil if the javascript expects a response.

Optionally, pass in webViewDelegate:(UIWebViewDelegate*)webViewDelegate if you need to respond to the UIWebView's lifecycle events.

Example:

[WebViewJavascriptBridge bridgeForWebView:webView handler:^(id data, WVJBResponse response) {
	NSLog(@"Received message from javascript: %@", data);
	if (response) {
		[response respondWith:@"Right back atcha"];
	}
}]

[WebViewJavascriptBridge bridgeForWebView:webView webViewDelegate:self handler:^(id data, WVJBResponse response) { /* ... */ }];
[bridge send:(id)data]
[bridge send:(id)data responseCallback:(WVJBResponseCallback)responseCallback]

Send a message to javascript. Optionally expect a response by giving a responseCallback block.

Example:

[bridge send:@"Hi"];
[bridge send:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:@"Foo" forKey:@"Bar"]];
[bridge send:@"I expect a response!" responseCallback:^(id error, id responseData) {
	if (error) { return NSLog(@"Uh oh, I got an error: %@", error); }
	NSLog(@"Got response! %@", responseData);
}];
[bridge registerHandler:(NSString*)handlerName handler:(WVJBHandler)handler]

Register a handler called handlerName. The javascript can then call this handler with WebViewJavascriptBridge.callHandler("handlerName").

Example:

[bridge registerHandler:@"getScreenHeight" handler:^(id data, WVJBResponse response) {
	[response respondWith:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height]];
}];
[bridge callHandler:(NSString*)handlerName data:(id)data]
[bridge callHandler:(NSString*)handlerName data:(id)data responseCallback:(WVJBResponseCallback)callback]

Call the javascript handler called handlerName. Optionally expect a response by giving a responseCallback block.

Example:

[bridge callHandler:@"showAlert" data:@"Hi from ObjC to JS!"];
[bridge callHandler:@"getCurrentPageUrl" data:nil responseCallback:^(id error, id responseData) {
	if (error) { return NSLog(@"Huston, we got a problem: %@", error); }
	NSLog(@"Current UIWebView page URL is: %@", responseData);
}];

Javascript API

document.addEventListener('WebViewJavascriptBridgeReady', function onBridgeReady(event) { ... }, false)

Always wait for the WebViewJavascriptBridgeReady DOM event.

Example:

document.addEventListener('WebViewJavascriptBridgeReady', function(event) {
	var bridge = event.bridge
	// Start using the bridge
}, false)
bridge.init(function messageHandler(data, response) { ... })

Initialize the bridge. This should be called inside of the 'WebViewJavascriptBridgeReady' event handler.

The messageHandler function will receive all messages sent from ObjC via [bridge send:(id)data] and [bridge send:(id)data responseCallback:(WVJBResponseCallback)responseCallback].

The response object will be defined if if ObjC sent the message with a WVJBResponseCallback block.

Example:

bridge.init(function(data, response) {
	alert("Got data " + JSON.stringify(data))
	if (response) {
		response.respondWith("Right back atcha!")
		// or, response.respondWithError("It went wrong!")
	}
})
bridge.send("Hi there!")
bridge.send({ Foo:"Bar" })
bridge.send(data, function responseCallback(error, responseData) { ... })

Send a message to ObjC. Optionally expect a response by giving a responseCallback function.

Example:

bridge.send("Hi there!")
bridge.send("Hi there!", function(error, responseData) {
	if (error) { return alert("Uh oh, we got an error: "+error) }
	alert("I got a response! "+JSON.stringify(data))
})
bridge.registerHandler("handlerName", function(error, responseData) { ... })

Register a handler called handlerName. The ObjC can then call this handler with [bridge callHandler:"handlerName" data:@"Foo"] and [bridge callHandler:"handlerName" data:@"Foo" responseCallback:^(id error, id responseData) { ... }]

Example:

bridge.registerHandler("showAlert", function(data) { alert(data) })
bridge.registerHandler("getCurrentPageUrl", function(data, response) {
	response.respondWith(document.location.toString())
})

iOS4 support (with JSONKit)

Note: iOS4 support has not yet been tested in v2.

WebViewJavascriptBridge uses NSJSONSerialization by default. If you need iOS 4 support then you can use JSONKit, and add USE_JSONKIT to the preprocessor macros for your project.

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