# Apple banning UIWebView apps in 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** iOS\ **Created:** [December 26, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-banning-uiwebview-apps-in-2020/51783 "2019-12-26T21:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Norman\_Palardy](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/norman_palardy/32/169_2.png) [@Norman\_Palardy](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Norman_Palardy)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-banning-uiwebview-apps-in-2020/51783/1 "2019-12-26T21:57:54Z")
> **[Updating Apps that Use Web Views - Latest News - Apple Developer](https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=12232019b)** > > 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... > [@](#): > > The App Store will no longer accept new apps using UIWebView as of April 2020 and app updates using UIWebView as of December 2020. For Xojo this means you MUST use 2018r2 or newer (everyone is right ?) [http://documentation.xojo.com/resources/release\_notes/2018r2.html](http://documentation.xojo.com/resources/release_notes/2018r2.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Rowlands](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/sam_rowlands/32/265_2.png) [@Sam\_Rowlands](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Sam_Rowlands)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-banning-uiwebview-apps-in-2020/51783/2 "2019-12-27T00:52:19Z")
What bothers me is that this also affects WKWebView on the Mac, which Xojo is still using. ---
**Author:** ![AlbertoD](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@AlbertoD](https://forum.xojo.com/u/AlbertoD)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-banning-uiwebview-apps-in-2020/51783/3 "2019-12-27T00:57:07Z")
Do you mean WebView? ---
**Author:** ![Douglas\_Handy](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Douglas\_Handy](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Douglas_Handy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-banning-uiwebview-apps-in-2020/51783/4 "2019-12-27T01:30:09Z")
> [@469274:@Sam Rowlands](#): > > What bothers me is that this also affects WKWebView on the Mac, which Xojo is still using. Isn’t WKWebView what should be used though in macOS? Norman’s URL says you should transition to WKWebView, then link’s to [this](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wkwebview/) page which says in part: [quote]Important Starting in iOS 8.0 and OS X 10.10, use WKWebView to add web content to your app. Do not use UIWebView or WebView.[/quote] So isn’t using 2018R2 or newer enough to satisfy this? ---
**Author:** ![Norman\_Palardy](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/norman_palardy/32/169_2.png) [@Norman\_Palardy](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Norman_Palardy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-banning-uiwebview-apps-in-2020/51783/5 "2019-12-27T02:18:47Z")
> [@469274:@Sam Rowlands](#): > > What bothers me is that this also affects WKWebView on the Mac, which Xojo is still using. Not according to Apples link I posted It says > [@](#): > > 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. > [@469276:@Douglas Handy](#): > > Isn’t WKWebView what should be used though in macOS? Yes using 2018r2 and newer you should be OK since they use WKWebView ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Purvis](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/walter_purvis/32/439_2.png) [@Walter\_Purvis](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Walter_Purvis)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-banning-uiwebview-apps-in-2020/51783/6 "2019-12-27T04:12:38Z")
> [@469277:@Norman Palardy](#): > > Yes using 2018r2 and newer you should be OK since they use WKWebView Isn’t that true only for iOS? I believe Xojo doesn’t use WKWebView yet for macOS. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Rowlands](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/sam_rowlands/32/265_2.png) [@Sam\_Rowlands](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Sam_Rowlands)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-banning-uiwebview-apps-in-2020/51783/7 "2019-12-27T06:46:38Z")
> [@469275:@Alberto DePoo](#): > > Do you mean WebView? Yes. > [@469276:@Douglas Handy](#): > > Isn’t WKWebView what should be used though in macOS? Norman’s URL says you should transition to WKWebView, then link’s to this page which says in part: Yes, I was wrong and meant WebView. Which AFAIK is what Xojo uses on the Mac.[quote=469277:@Norman Palardy]Not according to Apples link I posted It says[/quote] Yup, sorry, wrong kinda WebView! ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/christian_schmitz/32/158_2.png) [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-banning-uiwebview-apps-in-2020/51783/8 "2019-12-27T07:42:25Z")
We have [WKWebViewControlMBS](http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.net/control-wkwebviewcontrolmbs.shtml) control ready for everyone interested. If something is missing, we can add more. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-banning-uiwebview-apps-in-2020/51783/9 "2021-04-29T16:13:57Z")