**React Native WebView** is a modern, well-supported, and cross-platform WebView for React Native. It is intended to be a replacement for the built-in WebView (which will be [removed from core](https://github.com/react-native-community/discussions-and-proposals/pull/3)).
> We just swapped out the React Native WebView in our app with the version from React Native Community. The swap took less than a day, required almost no code modifications, and is faster and CSS works better. Props to everyone in the community (including those at Infinite Red) that helped get that component split out.
_Garrett McCullough, mobile engineer at Virta Health_
If you need the exact same WebView as the one from react-native, please use version **2.0.0**. Future versions will follow [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/).
For more, read the [API Reference](./docs/Reference.md) and [Guide](./docs/Guide.md). If you're interested in contributing, check out the [Contributing Guide](./docs/Contributing.md).
Simply install React Native WebView and then use it in place of the core WebView. Their APIs are currently identical, except that this package defaults `useWebKit={true}` unlike the built-in WebView.
- If you're getting `Invariant Violation: Native component for "RNCWKWebView does not exist"` it likely means you forgot to run `react-native link` or there was some error with the linking process
- I've removed all PropTypes for now. Instead, we'll be using Flow types. TypeScript types will be added at a later date.
- UIWebView is not tested fully and you will encounter some yellow warning boxes. Since it is deprecated, we don't intend to put a lot of time into supporting it, but feel free to submit PRs if you have a special use case. Note that you will need to specify `useWebKit={false}` to use UIWebView
- After pulling this repo and installing all dependencies, you can run flow on iOS and Android-specific files using the commands:
- If you want to add another React Native platform to this repository, you will need to create another `.flowconfig` for it. If your platform is `example`, copy the main flowconfig and rename it to `.flowconfig.example`. Then edit the config to ignore other platforms, and add `.*/*[.]example.js` to the ignore lists of the other platforms. Then add an entry to `package.json` like this:
