How do I set a custom useragent string in a WKWebView? I'm trying to embed the version of my app so that my server-side can see what features are available. I found the following method:
let userAgent = "MyApp/1.33.7"
request.setValue(userAgent, forHTTPHeaderField: "User-Agent")
NSURLConnection.sendAsynchronousRequest(request, queue: NSOperationQueue.mainQueue()) {(response, data, error) in
let content = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
self.web!.loadHTMLString(content!, baseURL: url)
}
self.web!.loadRequest(request);
But this means the useragent is only set for that single request. The first other request (e.g. a forward), will mean the useragent is reset to default again. How can I more permanently configure the wkwebview to use my custom useragent string?
Answer
You'll be happy to hear that WKWebView just gained a customUserAgent property in iOS 9 and OSX 10.11
Example:
wkWebView.customUserAgent = "your agent"