Iframe support on mobile

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Kunal Vashist picture Kunal Vashist · Jul 9, 2012 · Viewed 31.9k times · Source

Is there are any ambiguity while using iFrame on the mobile devices? Does all mobile devices support iFrame.

Answer

Jigar Pandya picture Jigar Pandya · Jul 9, 2012

Ideally all mobile devices should support iFrame however situation can leads you to some known issues which are mentioned in below links.

You can put <iframe src="page-1.htm" name="test" height="120" width="600">You need a Frames Capable browser to view this content.</iframe> code in your page and test on various platform.

Following are known issues.

  1. iframe is not working android inbuild browser how can resolve issue?
  2. http://androidforums.com/android-applications/7101-android-browser-iframe-question.html
  3. http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?843814-Iphone-iframe-browser-crash-issue-anyone

For alternate you can also try jQuery Cycle if that suits your requirements.

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