Loading local html from an array in xcode - html

Question

I am attempting to load a locally hosted html file into a webview from an array. it looks something like this
_siteAddresses = [[NSArray alloc]
initWithObjects:#"file://localhost/var/mobile/Application/${APP_ID}/First Pentecostal Seminary.app/First_Pentecostal_Seminary/Main.html",...
with the corresponding code being
NSString *urlString = [_siteAddresses
objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
self.detailViewController.webView.scalesPageToFit = YES;
[self.detailViewController.webView loadRequest:request];
What am I doing wrong...is it my coding or perhaps the html coding (I believe there may be some java in there)

Answer 1

Two thoughts:
That example file URL doesn't look right. How did you construct that? If it was something from your bundle on your device, I'd expect something more like:
file:///var/mobile/Applications/9E670C3C-C8B1-4B09-AE66-B43F7DB29F4D/First Pentecostal Seminary.app/...
Obviously, you have to programmatically determine this URL by using NSBundle instance method URLForResource or by using the bundle's bundleURL and then adding the appropriate path components.
You should (a) specify the view controller to be the delegate for your web view; and then (b) implement webView:didFailLoadWithError: and look at the error there, and it will inform you what the error was, if any.
For example, I have a file, test.html sitting in my bundle, which I can load into a web view like so:
NSURL *bundleURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundleURL];
NSURL *url = [bundleURL URLByAppendingPathComponent:#"test.html"];
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[self.webView loadRequest:request];
I have set up my view controller as the delegate for the web view and have the following didFailLoadWithError:
- (void)webView:(UIWebView *)webView didFailLoadWithError:(NSError *)error
{
NSLog(#"%s: %#", __FUNCTION__, error);
}
So, when I tried to load a request with an invalid URL this time (test2.html, which I do not have in my bundle), I get the following error:
2014-02-26 23:35:43.593 MyApp[3531:70b] -[ViewController webView:didFailLoadWithError:]: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1100 "The requested URL was not found on this server." UserInfo=0x8c32f40 {NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=file:///Users/user/Library/Application%20Support/iPhone%20Simulator/7.0.3/Applications/FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF/MyApp.app/test2.html, NSErrorFailingURLKey=file:///Users/user/Library/Application%20Support/iPhone%20Simulator/7.0.3/Applications/FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF/MyApp.app/test2.html, NSLocalizedDescription=The requested URL was not found on this server., NSUnderlyingError=0x10424c90 "The requested URL was not found on this server."}

Answer 2

Try this code
UIWebView *documentsWebView=[[UIWebView alloc]init];
documentsWebView.delegate=self;
documentsWebView.frame=CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 616);
documentsWebView.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
[self.view addSubview:documentsWebView];
NSString* htmlString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:[_siteAddresses
objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
[documentsWebView loadHTMLString:htmlString baseURL:nil];