This document lays out the current public properties and methods for the React Native WebView.
Security Warning: Currently,
onMessage
andpostMessage
do not allow specifying an origin. This can lead to cross-site scripting attacks if an unexpected document is loaded within aWebView
instance. Please refer to the MDN documentation forWindow.postMessage()
for more details on the security implications of this.
source
automaticallyAdjustContentInsets
injectedJavaScript
mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction
nativeConfig
onError
onLoad
onLoadEnd
onLoadStart
onLoadProgress
onMessage
onNavigationStateChange
originWhitelist
renderError
renderLoading
scalesPageToFit
onShouldStartLoadWithRequest
startInLoadingState
style
decelerationRate
domStorageEnabled
javaScriptEnabled
mixedContentMode
thirdPartyCookiesEnabled
userAgent
allowsInlineMediaPlayback
bounces
overScrollMode
contentInset
dataDetectorTypes
scrollEnabled
geolocationEnabled
allowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs
useWebKit
url
html
hideKeyboardAccessoryView
allowsBackForwardNavigationGestures
source
Loads static HTML or a URI (with optional headers) in the WebView. Note that static HTML will require setting originWhitelist
to ["*"]
.
The object passed to source
can have either of the following shapes:
Load uri
uri
(string) - The URI to load in the WebView
. Can be a local or remote file.method
(string) - The HTTP Method to use. Defaults to GET if not specified. On Android, the only supported methods are GET and POST.headers
(object) - Additional HTTP headers to send with the request. On Android, this can only be used with GET requests.body
(string) - The HTTP body to send with the request. This must be a valid UTF-8 string, and will be sent exactly as specified, with no additional encoding (e.g. URL-escaping or base64) applied. On Android, this can only be used with POST requests.Static HTML
Note that using static HTML requires the WebView property originWhiteList to ['*']
.
html
(string) - A static HTML page to display in the WebView.baseUrl
(string) - The base URL to be used for any relative links in the HTML.Type | Required |
---|---|
object | No |
automaticallyAdjustContentInsets
Controls whether to adjust the content inset for web views that are placed behind a navigation bar, tab bar, or toolbar. The default value is true
.
Type | Required |
---|---|
bool | No |
injectedJavaScript
Set this to provide JavaScript that will be injected into the web page when the view loads.
Type | Required |
---|---|
string | No |
mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction
Boolean that determines whether HTML5 audio and video requires the user to tap them before they start playing. The default value is true
.
Type | Required |
---|---|
bool | No |
nativeConfig
Override the native component used to render the WebView. Enables a custom native WebView which uses the same JavaScript as the original WebView.
The nativeConfig
prop expects an object with the following keys:
component
(any)props
(object)viewManager
(object)Type | Required |
---|---|
object | No |
onError
Function that is invoked when the WebView
load fails.
Type | Required |
---|---|
function | No |
onLoad
Function that is invoked when the WebView
has finished loading.
Type | Required |
---|---|
function | No |
onLoadEnd
Function that is invoked when the WebView
load succeeds or fails.
Type | Required |
---|---|
function | No |
onLoadStart
Function that is invoked when the WebView
starts loading.
Type | Required |
---|---|
function | No |
onLoadProgress
Function that is invoked when the WebView
is loading.
Note
On iOS, when useWebKit=false, this prop will not work. On android, You can’t get the url property, meaning that
event.nativeEvent.url
will be null.
Type | Required |
---|---|
function | No |
onMessage
A function that is invoked when the webview calls window.postMessage
. Setting this property will inject a postMessage
global into your webview, but will still call pre-existing values of postMessage
.
window.postMessage
accepts one argument, data
, which will be available on the event object, event.nativeEvent.data
. data
must be a string.
Type | Required |
---|---|
function | No |
onNavigationStateChange
Function that is invoked when the WebView
loading starts or ends.
Type | Required |
---|---|
function | No |
originWhitelist
List of origin strings to allow being navigated to. The strings allow wildcards and get matched against just the origin (not the full URL). If the user taps to navigate to a new page but the new page is not in this whitelist, the URL will be handled by the OS. The default whitelisted origins are “http://” and “https://”.
Type | Required |
---|---|
array of strings | No |
renderError
Function that returns a view to show if there’s an error.
Type | Required |
---|---|
function | No |
renderLoading
Function that returns a loading indicator. The startInLoadingState prop must be set to true in order to use this prop.
Type | Required |
---|---|
function | No |
scalesPageToFit
Boolean that controls whether the web content is scaled to fit the view and enables the user to change the scale. The default value is true
.
On iOS, when useWebKit=true
, this prop will not work.
Type | Required |
---|---|
bool | No |
onShouldStartLoadWithRequest
Function that allows custom handling of any web view requests. Return true
from the function to continue loading the request and false
to stop loading.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
function | No | iOS |
startInLoadingState
Boolean value that forces the WebView
to show the loading view on the first load. This prop must be set to true
in order for the renderLoading
prop to work.
Type | Required |
---|---|
bool | No |
decelerationRate
A floating-point number that determines how quickly the scroll view decelerates after the user lifts their finger. You may also use the string shortcuts "normal"
and "fast"
which match the underlying iOS settings for UIScrollViewDecelerationRateNormal
and UIScrollViewDecelerationRateFast
respectively:
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
number | No | iOS |
domStorageEnabled
Boolean value to control whether DOM Storage is enabled. Used only in Android.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
bool | No | Android |
javaScriptEnabled
Boolean value to enable JavaScript in the WebView
. Used on Android only as JavaScript is enabled by default on iOS. The default value is true
.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
bool | No | Android |
mixedContentMode
Specifies the mixed content mode. i.e WebView will allow a secure origin to load content from any other origin.
Possible values for mixedContentMode
are:
never
(default) - WebView will not allow a secure origin to load content from an insecure origin.always
- WebView will allow a secure origin to load content from any other origin, even if that origin is insecure.compatibility
- WebView will attempt to be compatible with the approach of a modern web browser with regard to mixed content.Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
string | No | Android |
thirdPartyCookiesEnabled
Boolean value to enable third party cookies in the WebView
. Used on Android Lollipop and above only as third party cookies are enabled by default on Android Kitkat and below and on iOS. The default value is true
.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
bool | No | Android |
userAgent
Sets the user-agent for the WebView
. This will only work for iOS if you are using WKWebView, not UIWebView (see https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wkwebview/1414950-customuseragent).
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
string | No | Android, iOS WKWebView |
allowsInlineMediaPlayback
Boolean that determines whether HTML5 videos play inline or use the native full-screen controller. The default value is false
.
NOTE
In order for video to play inline, not only does this property need to be set to
true
, but the video element in the HTML document must also include thewebkit-playsinline
attribute.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
bool | No | iOS |
bounces
Boolean value that determines whether the web view bounces when it reaches the edge of the content. The default value is true
.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
bool | No | iOS |
overScrollMode
Specifies the over scroll mode.
Possible values for overScrollMode
are:
always
(default) - Always allow a user to over-scroll this view, provided it is a view that can scroll.content
- Allow a user to over-scroll this view only if the content is large enough to meaningfully scroll, provided it is a view that can scroll.never
- Never allow a user to over-scroll this view.Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
string | No | Android |
contentInset
The amount by which the web view content is inset from the edges of the scroll view. Defaults to {top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 0, right: 0}.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
object: {top: number, left: number, bottom: number, right: number} | No | iOS |
dataDetectorTypes
Determines the types of data converted to clickable URLs in the web view’s content. By default only phone numbers are detected.
You can provide one type or an array of many types.
Possible values for dataDetectorTypes
are:
phoneNumber
link
address
calendarEvent
none
all
With the new WebKit implementation, we have three new values:
trackingNumber
flightNumber
lookupSuggestion
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
string, or array | No | iOS |
scrollEnabled
Boolean value that determines whether scrolling is enabled in the WebView
. The default value is true
.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
bool | No | iOS |
geolocationEnabled
Set whether Geolocation is enabled in the WebView
. The default value is false
. Used only in Android.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
bool | No | Android |
allowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs
Boolean that sets whether JavaScript running in the context of a file scheme URL should be allowed to access content from any origin. Including accessing content from other file scheme URLs. The default value is false
.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
bool | No | Android |
useWebKit
If true, use WKWebView instead of UIWebView.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
boolean | No | iOS |
url
Deprecated. Use the source
prop instead.
Type | Required |
---|---|
string | No |
html
Deprecated. Use the source
prop instead.
Type | Required |
---|---|
string | No |
hideKeyboardAccessoryView
If true, this will hide the keyboard accessory view (< > and Done) when using the WKWebView.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
boolean | No | iOS |
allowsBackForwardNavigationGestures
If true, this will be able horizontal swipe gestures when using the WKWebView. The default value is false
.
Type | Required | Platform |
---|---|---|
boolean | No | iOS |
extraNativeComponentConfig()
static extraNativeComponentConfig()
goForward()
goForward();
Go forward one page in the web view’s history.
goBack()
goBack();
Go back one page in the web view’s history.
reload()
reload();
Reloads the current page.
stopLoading()
stopLoading();
Stop loading the current page.
injectJavaScript(str)
injectJavaScript("... javascript string ...");
Executes the JavaScript string.
Also check out our Getting Started Guide and In-Depth Guide.