Bug 233315

Summary:	WKWebView does not allow remembering permissions granted by the user?
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Franz <franz>
Component:	WebKit API	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	Critical	CC:	ggaren, jonlee, webkit-bug-importer, wilander, youennf
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	InRadar
Version:	Other
Hardware:	iPhone / iPad
OS:	iOS 14

Description Franz 2021-11-18 05:03:48 PST

What's happening: We're loading a WebRTC-based mobile-optimized chat web app into WKWebView which allows users to toggle on their microphone and talk to others in a virtual room. However, the problem is that WKWebView will ask for this permission repeatedly: Once the app moves to the background and comes to the foreground again, and the user wants to toggle the microphone on again, the user is presented with a new permission prompt.

Expected behavior: WKWebView should remember the granted permission and not ask again.

Interestingly, iOS Safari has an option where the user can grant a website permanent permission (roughly: "do not ask again for this site"). I couldn't find any relevant APIs to facilitate this and consider it a critical bug, as it has a hugely negative impact on user experience.

If I've missed something, I'd be glad to hear about it.

Thanks

Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2021-11-18 12:45:28 PST

<rdar://problem/85563772>

Comment 2 youenn fablet 2021-11-18 13:23:54 PST

A WKUIDelegate  (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wkuidelegate/3763087-webview?language=objc) can be used for that purpose. Please reopen if this is not sufficient.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 223806 ***