Bug 152837 – App store redirects do not work in WKWebView.

• Component: WebKit2
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

Created attachment 268465 [details]
Screenshot of page shown when visiting app store link.

When a user taps a link to go the app store to see an app (such as https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapchat/id447188370), WKWebView does not receive the redirect to an itms scheme URL, and the user navigates to an incorrect website which describes App Store features, instead of redirecting to the app store app. This happens most of the time.


Steps to Reproduce:
Go to an iTunes app store link from WKWebView.


Expected Results:
Redirect to iOS app store app to see relevant app listing.

Actual Results:
The user navigates to an incorrect website which describes iTunes app store features. (Screenshot attached)

Version:
iOS 9.x

rdar://24084316

[Sam Weinig]

This is correct behavior. If you want the redirect, you need to implement the navigation delegate's policy handling functions to do this. Specifically:

- (void)webView:(WKWebView *)webView decidePolicyForNavigationAction:(WKNavigationAction *)navigationAction decisionHandler:(void (^)(WKNavigationActionPolicy))decisionHandler;