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Is Opera on mobile iOS8 using WKWebView or UIWebView?

After exhaustive search on Google I can't confirm whether they have upgraded Opera to use WKWebView or not?
Can anyone provide a link confirming it.

Thanks

Solution

  • Apparently there is simple trick to determine it. Previous to iOS8 every phone browser used UIWebView, UIWebView doesn't support indexedDB inherently. So a simple check for indexedDB will solve the need to check for WKWebView.

    Code for test :

    if (window.indexedDB === undefined) {
    console.log('UIWebView still in use');
} else {
    console.log('Browser has switched to WKWebView. Hurray!!');
}

    One can go for other attribute also. I just described one possible way.

    Cheers