{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/1287","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/1287/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/1287/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/1287/events","html_url":"https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/1287","id":123491130,"number":1287,"title":"WKWebView plugin to hook into webView","user":{"login":"vbresults","id":7179668,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7179668?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbresults","html_url":"https://github.com/vbresults","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbresults/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbresults/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbresults/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbresults/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbresults/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbresults/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbresults/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbresults/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbresults/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-12-22T14:33:45Z","updated_at":"2015-12-22T16:18:36Z","closed_at":null,"body":"@tjvantoll \"The web view module indeed uses UIWebView https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/blob/e458a94191ea593e2a940c3610e7c9570aac1740/ui/web-view/web-view.ios.ts#L12 I don’t think there are any plans to switch to WKWebView at the moment. You’re welcome to file an issue. This would be a good candidate for a plugin\"\r\n\r\nI hear the hype about WKWebView and I'm sold, I am moving from cordova and it's such a bummer that there is no WKWebView :-("},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/comments/166664057","html_url":"https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/1287#issuecomment-166664057","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/1287","id":166664057,"user":{"login":"NathanaelA","id":850871,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/850871?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/NathanaelA","html_url":"https://github.com/NathanaelA","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NathanaelA/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NathanaelA/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NathanaelA/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NathanaelA/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NathanaelA/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NathanaelA/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NathanaelA/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NathanaelA/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NathanaelA/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-22T16:18:36Z","updated_at":"2015-12-22T16:18:36Z","body":"@vbresults The reason it uses UIWebView is because of compatibility.  WKWebView is iOS 8 and greater.  NativeScript supports iOS 7.    So unfortunately they have to program nativescript using what works on ALL the platforms."}}