Unable to load html string in UIWebView using loadHTMLString:baseURL in iOS?

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I am trying to embed youtube video into my iOS application.For that I have created a UIWebView & trying to load the Youtube video from following here

I have gone through the all the answers for the above problem. Even then its not working. I have also tried loading very simple HTML

 NSString *embedHTML =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"<html><body>Hello World</body></html>"];
 [webView loadHTMLString:embedHTML baseURL:nil];

Even then, I am getting compile error Parse Issue Expecte ']'

I have tried cleaning, quitting the XCode & relaunching it again. I donno, I am not able to use that method. How to use the above loadHTMLString method for my UIWebView.

PS : Please do not tag this question as duplicate. I have tried all the solutions in Stackoverflow. Nothing has worked

did everything except debugging? log the frame of webview and please add it here — Lithu T.V
– Lithu T.V, Commented Jun 17, 2013 at 20:11
@LithuT.V.. I am not even able to compile the code. Its a compile time error. — Bharath
– Bharath, Commented Jun 17, 2013 at 20:14
Commenting [webView loadHTMLString:embedHTML baseURL:nil]; line compiles the code perfectly — Bharath
– Bharath, Commented Jun 17, 2013 at 20:20

tplaner · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-29 18:37:04Z

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WebView *webDesc = [[UIWebView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(12, 50, 276, 228)];

NSString *embedHTML = @"<html><head></head><body><p>1. You agree that you will be the technician servicing this work order?.<br>2. You are comfortable with the scope of work on this work order?.<br>3. You understand that if you go to site and fail to do quality repair for  any reason, you will not be paid?.<br>4. You must dress business casual when going on the work order.</p></body></html>";

webDesc.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
webDesc.opaque = NO;
webDesc.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[webDesc loadHTMLString: embedHTML baseURL: nil];

edited Dec 29, 2014 at 18:37

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Mitul Marsoniya · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-12 07:36:46Z

- (NSString *)getHTMLContent
{
    NSString *cssPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"baseline" ofType:@"css"];

    NSData *cssData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:cssPath];
    NSString *cssStyle = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:cssData encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];

    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];

    NSString *subtitle = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ | %@", self.article.author, [dateFormatter stringFromDate:self.article.publishedDate]];

    NSString *htmlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"<html><head><meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0;'></head><style type=\"text/css\">%@</style><body><div id=\"container\"><h1>%@</h1><p class='subtitle'>%@</p>%@</div></body></html>", cssStyle, self.article.title, subtitle, self.article.content];

    return htmlString;
}

Mr.Kushwaha · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-15 17:28:29Z

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It is very simple. You just have to add only one line. Try It:

NSString *htmlString = @"<html><head></head><body><p>1. You agree that you will be the technician servicing this work order?.<br>2. You are comfortable with the scope of work on this work order?.<br>3. You understand that if you go to site and fail to do quality repair for  any reason, you will not be paid?.<br>4. You must dress business casual when going on the work order.</p></body></html>";
[WebView loadHTMLString: htmlString baseURL: nil];

edited May 15, 2018 at 17:28

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Mike · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-17 19:49:21Z

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You probably need to provide more code if you want people to help you. I just used webView in a similar way and it's working fine.

self.webView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:myFrame];
self.webView.scalesPageToFit = YES;
[self.webView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];

//pass the string to the webview
[self.webView loadHTMLString:[[self.itineraryArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] valueForKey:@"body"] baseURL:nil];

//add it to the subview
[self.view addSubview:self.webView];

Can you provide more information and code?

answered Jun 17, 2013 at 19:49

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Bharath Over a year ago

This is what I did

UIWebView *webView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:myFrame];  NSString *embedHTML =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"<html><body>Hello World</body></html>"];  [webView loadHTMLString:embedHTML baseURL:nil];

Thats it, this is what I did. I am getting compile time error. That loadHTMLString method itself is not working. Even though everything is right, it showing Parse Issue Expecte ']' as compile error

Mike Over a year ago

Are you sure the error is from the webView? If you comment out the webView lines, the error disappear? Are you adding the webview to the main view?

Bharath Over a year ago

Yes. Problem is with webview. If I comment that line, then everything is working fine. Even before adding itself I am getting the error.

Lithu T.V · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-17 20:15:03Z

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it doesnt seems like an issue on webview.Please do add the code where it breaks.Error says you missed a ] somewhere in the code

answered Jun 17, 2013 at 20:15

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Bharath Over a year ago

@LithuT.V.. No, not because I left ]. I have even created a new project & there I have written the same line. I dint even copy paste it. I have typed manually everything. Even then same error in other project too :-(

Lithu T.V Over a year ago

which line you are talking about ??

Lithu T.V Over a year ago

webview frame please?also check webview has valid memory.connected properly .code seems ok to me

Rajath Kornaya · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-12 05:33:53Z

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try to load the url directly into the webview :

 UIWebView *webview=[[UIWebView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(100, 100, 200, 250)];

[webview loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://youtube.com/embed/-0Xa4bHcJu8"]]];

answered Oct 12, 2015 at 5:33

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abdul sathar Over a year ago

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