SwiftUI WKWebView disable link interactions - ios

Question

I am looking for a way to disable a user interacting with links and images in SwiftUI using WKWebView. I have tried various ways but none have worked, and I have seen and tried the following post but nothing worked:
WKWebview allowsLinkPreview to false breaks text selection
WKWebview: Disable interaction and clicks on links
I am displaying a website that I have permission to display but due to its abnormal HTML structure it makes it hard to display the context, so I decided to try disabling user interactions with links. I do still want user interactions enabled so the user can scroll through the calendar presented to them, but not be able to click on links. If you have any suggestion I am open to them.
Here is my code:
struct CalanderWeb : UIViewRepresentable {
#State var request: URLRequest
func makeUIView(context: Context) -> WKWebView {
return WKWebView()
}
func updateUIView(_ uiView: WKWebView, context: Context) {
uiView.scrollView.isScrollEnabled = true
uiView.isOpaque = false
uiView.allowsBackForwardNavigationGestures = false
uiView.load(request)
}
func makeCoordinator() -> CalanderWeb.Coordinator {
Coordinator(self)
}
class Coordinator: NSObject, WKNavigationDelegate {
let parent: CalanderWeb
init(_ parent: CalanderWeb) {
self.parent = parent
}
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, didFinish navigation: WKNavigation!) {
}
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, didStartProvisionalNavigation navigation: WKNavigation!) {
}
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, didFail navigation: WKNavigation!, withError error: Error) {
}
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: #escaping (WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Void) {
decisionHandler(.cancel)
}
}
}
Thank You.

Answer 1

Here is correct delegate callback
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: #escaping (WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Void) {
if navigationAction.navigationType == .linkActivated {
decisionHandler(.cancel)
} else {
decisionHandler(.allow)
}
}
depending of used HTML, probably also might be disabled .formSubmitted, if needed.

Answer 2

You'll have to override the method decidePolicyForNavigationAction in WKNavigationDelegate and provide .cancel in the completion block parameter decisionHandler. Here is the sample code:
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: #escaping (WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Void) {
decisionHandler(.cancel)
}