UIWebView Search

Question

What is the best way to find a string of text in a UIWebView ?

Answer 1

I think it's best to continue:

• Create a javascript function that will find your text.
• Use stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString: (see here) to get javascript code

• Call the same method to search for the javascript function (put this code in a function that takes aString argument):

  NSString * findThisStringFnc = [NSString stringWithFormat: @ "findThisString ('% @')", aString]; [self stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString: findThisStringFnc];

• Put all this code in a function (e.g. findAString ), then call it from an UIWebView instance:
  [aWebView findAString: @ "foobar"];