Bug 233315

Summary: WKWebView does not allow remembering permissions granted by the user?
Product: WebKit Reporter: Franz <franz>
Component: WebKit APIAssignee: 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   

Franz
Reported 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
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Comment 1 2021-11-18 12:45:28 PST
youenn fablet
Comment 2 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 ***
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