How can I search in UIWebView?

Question

I need to search on the html page displayed in the UIWebView control. The required functionality is what Safari has when you press the / ctrl F command to search for a document for a word, and the program selects hits for you. Is there a simple solution to this problem?

Answer 1

I know that it has been a long time since you asked this question, but this is still a fairly common question, so I put together a sample project if someone asks the same question. The project is a super simple application that downloads an HTML file and can search and highlight any keyword. You can download a sample project here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12280770/TheSearcher.zip

Scott

Answer 2

You can do this with javascript. Check out the Find on This Page bookmark: http://www.lifeclever.com/17-powerful-bookmarklets-for-your-iphone/

- , : http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/uikit/reference/UIWebView_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/UIWebView/stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:

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