react-native-webview/README.md

# React Native WebView - a Modern, Cross-Platform WebView for React Native

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**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)).

## Core Maintainers - Sponsoring companies

_This project is maintained for free by these people using both their free time and their company work time._

- [Thibault Malbranche](https://github.com/Titozzz) ([Twitter @titozzz](https://twitter.com/titozzz)) from [Brigad](https://brigad.co/about)
- [Jamon Holmgren](https://github.com/jamonholmgren) ([Twitter @jamonholmgren](https://twitter.com/jamonholmgren)) from [Infinite Red](https://infinite.red/react-native)
- [Alexander Sklar](https://github.com/asklar) ([Twitter @alexsklar](https://twitter.com/alexsklar)) from [React Native Windows @ Microsoft](https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/)
- [Chiara Mooney](https://github.com/chiaramooney) from [React Native Windows @ Microsoft](https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/)

## Platforms Supported

- [x] iOS
- [x] Android
- [x] macOS
- [x] Windows

_Note: Expo support for React Native WebView started with [Expo SDK v33.0.0](https://blog.expo.io/expo-sdk-v33-0-0-is-now-available-52d1c99dfe4c)._

## Getting Started

Read our [Getting Started Guide](docs/Getting-Started.md). If any step seems unclear, please create a detailed issue.

## Versioning

This project follows [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/). We do not hesitate to release breaking changes but they will be in a major version.

**Breaking History:**

Current Version: ![version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/react-native-webview.svg)

- [11.0.0](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/releases/tag/v11.0.0) - Android setSupportMultipleWindows.
- [10.0.0](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/releases/tag/v10.0.0) - Android Gradle plugin is only required when opening the project stand-alone
- [9.0.0](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/releases/tag/v9.0.0) - props updates to injectedJavaScript are no longer immutable.
- [8.0.0](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/releases/tag/v8.0.0) - onNavigationStateChange now triggers with hash url changes
- [7.0.1](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/releases/tag/v7.0.1) - Removed UIWebView
- [6.0.**2**](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/releases/tag/v6.0.2) - Update to AndroidX. Make sure to enable it in your project's `android/gradle.properties`. See [Getting Started Guide](docs/Getting-Started.md).
- [5.0.**1**](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/releases/tag/v5.0.0) - Refactored the old postMessage implementation for communication from webview to native.
- [4.0.0](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/releases/tag/v4.0.0) - Added cache (enabled by default).
- [3.0.0](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/releases/tag/v3.0.0) - WKWebview: Add shared process pool so cookies and localStorage are shared across webviews in iOS (enabled by default).
- [2.0.0](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/releases/tag/v2.0.0) - First release this is a replica of the core webview component

**Upcoming:**

- this.webView.postMessage() removal (never documented and less flexible than injectJavascript) -> [how to migrate](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/issues/809)
- Kotlin rewrite
- Maybe Swift rewrite

## Usage

Import the `WebView` component from `react-native-webview` and use it like so:

```jsx
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
import { WebView } from 'react-native-webview';

// ...
class MyWebComponent extends Component {
  render() {
    return <WebView source={{ uri: 'https://reactnative.dev/' }} />;
  }
}
```

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).

## Common issues

- If you're getting `Invariant Violation: Native component for "RNCWebView does not exist"` it likely means you forgot to run `react-native link` or there was some error with the linking process
- If you encounter a build error during the task `:app:mergeDexRelease`, you need to enable multidex support in `android/app/build.gradle` as discussed in [this issue](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/issues/1344#issuecomment-650544648)

## Contributing

See [Contributing.md](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/blob/master/docs/Contributing.md)

## Contributors

Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors#emoji-key-)):

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<table><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/titozzz"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/6181446?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Thibault Malbranche"/><br /><sub><b>Thibault Malbranche</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=titozzz" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#ideas-titozzz" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#review-titozzz" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=titozzz" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#maintenance-titozzz" title="Maintenance">🚧</a> <a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=titozzz" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="#infra-titozzz" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a> <a href="#question-titozzz" title="Answering Questions">💬</a></td><td align="center"><a href="https://jamonholmgren.com"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/1479215?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Jamon Holmgren"/><br /><sub><b>Jamon Holmgren</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=jamonholmgren" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#ideas-jamonholmgren" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#review-jamonholmgren" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=jamonholmgren" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#maintenance-jamonholmgren" title="Maintenance">🚧</a> <a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=jamonholmgren" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="#example-jamonholmgren" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="#question-jamonholmgren" title="Answering Questions">💬</a></td><td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/andreipfeiffer"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/2570562?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Andrei Pfeiffer"/><br /><sub><b>Andrei Pfeiffer</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=andreipfeiffer" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#review-andreipfeiffer" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="#ideas-andreipfeiffer" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td><td align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/mikediarmid"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/5347038?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Michael Diarmid"/><br /><sub><b>Michael Diarmid</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=Salakar" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#review-Salakar" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="#ideas-Salakar" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#tool-Salakar" title="Tools">🔧</a></td><td align="center"><a href="http://smathson.github.io"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/932981?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Scott Mathson"/><br /><sub><b>Scott Mathson</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=smathson" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=smathson" title="Documentation">📖</a></td><td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/YangXiaomei"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/8221990?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Margaret"/><br /><sub><b>Margaret</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=YangXiaomei" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=YangXiaomei" title="Documentation">📖</a></td><td align="center"><a href="https://stylisted.com"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1173161?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Jordan Sexton"/><br /><sub><b>Jordan Sexton</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-webview/commits?author=jordansexton" t

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## License

MIT

## Translations

This readme is available in:

- [Brazilian portuguese](docs/README.portuguese.md)

[lean-core-issue]: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/23313