WkWebKit - javascript on loaded page finds window.webkit is undefined

I'm experimenting with WkWebKit talking back and forth between app and page. I can get javaScript to execute fine using WkWebView evaluateJavascript method, but when I try to execute window.webkit.messageHandlers.myHandler.postMessage('hello world!') on the JavaScript page, I find that window.webkit is not defined.

Odd... I'm running in a simulator of iPad with ios 8.4. I thought this was available in original version 8, no?

I can't find anyone else posting about this, so perhaps I've done something wrong?

I've even attached my Safari Developer to the simulator's browser, and in the console I try to see what window.webkit is, and sure enough, it does not exist.

Note that I add an initial script to run when the page loads (I see this in the javascript editor - the message is logged). And I add a script message handler as well...

[EDIT: Adding more code details here] Here is my code:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
  [super viewDidLoad];
  // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
  NSLog(@"main view Controller viewDidLoad called...");

// if we are running on an OLD ios (pre v8) WKWebView will not exist.  So don't create it if it doesn't exist...
if (NSClassFromString(@"WKWebView")) {
    // WKWebView cannot be dragged onto storyboard, so have to create it manually here.
    // We have a "ContainerView" called _webContainer that this browser view will live inside
    // First we create a web view configuration object...
    WKWebViewConfiguration *wbConfig = [WKWebViewConfiguration alloc];
    wbConfig.mediaPlaybackAllowsAirPlay = true;
    wbConfig.mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction = false; 
    // inject some Javascript into our page before it even loads...
    NSString *scriptSource = @"console.log('Hi from the iOS app hosting this page...'); window.hostedByWkWebView=true;";
    WKUserScript *userScript = [[WKUserScript alloc]
                                initWithSource:scriptSource
                                injectionTime:WKUserScriptInjectionTimeAtDocumentStart
                                forMainFrameOnly:YES];

    [wbConfig.userContentController addUserScript:userScript];
    [wbConfig.userContentController addScriptMessageHandler:self name:@"myHandler"]; // javascript to use this would be: window.webkit.messageHandlers.myHandler.postMessage


    // Ok, the config is created, now create the WkWebView instance, passing in this config...
    _webView = [[WKWebView alloc] initWithFrame: [_webContainer bounds] configuration:wbConfig];
    _webView.autoresizesSubviews = true;
    _webView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth|UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
    _webView.navigationDelegate = self;

    // Add the web view to the container view, and tell the container to automatically resize its subviews, height and width.
    [_webContainer addSubview:_webView];
    _webContainer.autoresizesSubviews = true;
    _webContainer.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth|UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;

    // Set the URL for the webview and navigate there...
    NSString *fullURL = @"https://myurlgoeshere.com";

    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:fullURL];
    NSURLRequest *requestObj = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];

    [_webView loadRequest:requestObj];
}
else {
    UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Cannot create Web View" message:@"The web view used requires iOS 8 or higher.  Sorry." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:@"", nil];
    [alert show];
}

//...

Solution

I solved it and problem was that if you set userContentController to a new object, that userContentController's WKScriptMessageHandlers will not be registered correctly in Apple's internal code:

WKUserContentController *userContentController = [WKUserContentController new];
userContentController.addScriptMessageHandler(self, name: "jockey")
userContentController.addScriptMessageHandler(self, name: "observe")
webView.configuration.userContentController = userContentController

fixed by using the already instantiated userContentController by Apple:

webView.configuration.userContentController.addScriptMessageHandler(self, name: "jockey")
webView.configuration.userContentController.addScriptMessageHandler(self, name: "observe")