UIWebView and scaling not working - ios

I have a UIWebview and I load a URL into it. The URL is a streaming video.
When the video is displayed, the left side is cut off - approx 1/2 inch is not visible.
I have tried all different things in the storyboard editor having to do with ScalesPagesToFit being checked/unchecked and the View Mode Scale to Fill, Aspect Fit, Aspect Fill, etc. Nothing seems to make a difference.
I am on XCode 6.2 and the iPad I am testing on is 8.4. I am targeting 8.1 and above for this project.
EDIT: OK that got me looking on a different track. Maybe it is not available from within the storyboard, but by putting in this line of code in viewWillAppear it works:
[_thewebView setFrame:self.view.bounds];

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For some strange reason, every new UIViewController I add into my project is not resizing according to the screen.
As you can see here in Xcode I'm using Retina 3.5 Inch Full Screen and it's supposed to look like this.
But in the iPhone the lower part of the screen is not being shown. This is what I see in a real iPhone 4.
As you can see, the button in the inferior part of the screen is behind that white bar and I can't click it.
I've really tried everything and I don't know what I'm missing.
I'm also tagging Objective-C as this could be cross platform.
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Strategy 1.
Assuming your layout is simple - there are not too many elements and all elements can theoretically fit both horizontal and vertical screen size:
You should use auto layout from the Interface builder - Look at an excellent video from WWDC
https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/videos/
(video 406 - Taking Control of Auto Layout in Xcode 5)
In few words - you set spacers to your elements, aligning them to the end of your view (dynamically), therefore you can make your element shrink and move automatically respecting the current screen orientation.
Strategy 2.
Assuming your UI is complex and will not fit both orientations:
have a different xib file for horizontal and vertical views, this can take some time, but it is a solid solution that always looks good.
You simply need to track changes in orientation and load the appropriate xib.
Your problem will only be solved if you use Autolayouting and for that you need to go through some tutorials
Ray's Tutorial
Another Very well explained tutorial
Going through the above articles will definately help you in solving your problem

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