[CB-2672] InAppBrowser loadstarted event on iOS returns URLS only after connecting and redirecting

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.6.0
• Component/s: cordova-ios
• Assignee: Shravan Narayan
• Reporter: Shravan Narayan
• Created: 13/Mar/13 23:04
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:40
• Resolved: 19/Mar/13 21:10

Description

The loadstarted event in the inAppBrowser in iOS gets data from webViewDidStartLoad in UIWebViewDelegate. This returns url's only after they begin loading.
Eg: navigation to www.gmail.com would return 'mail.google.com' instead of 'www.gmail.com' & 'mail.google.com'
navigation to www.some-site-that-doesnt-exist.com would not return anything

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UIWebViewDelegate_Protocol/Reference/Reference.html

Correct implementation on android whose loadstarted event gets data from onPageStarted. onPageStarted returns url's before they are loaded.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebViewClient.html#onPageStarted(android.webkit.WebView, java.lang.String, android.graphics.Bitmap)

Fix: use the webView:shouldStartLoadWithRequest:navigationType: to give events to loadStarted