Internet data doesn't update correctly - ios

I've got this weird issue with my apps that uses internet connection. The app doesn't seem to update the data from internet in the right way. I've got a UIWebView with a simple chat. When I write a message in the chat with safari or in my web browser everything works fine. When writing something in the chat in the app, the data doesn't update, even when reloading the page.
It updates totally un-logically as well. Even when restarting the app the new data isn't shown, then all of a sudden it shows.
Had the same issue with another app too, which was not handled by a UIWebView. Any idea what it might be?
Example code:
- (void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
NSString *username = [[Database singletonDataBase] currentUserName];
NSString *urlAddress = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#?name=%#", #"http://webapi.com/index.php", username];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlAddress];
NSURLRequest *requestObj = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[self.webView loadRequest:requestObj];
}

In your app delegates, didFinishLoading method, set the NSURLCache to not cache the data:
// Remove and disable all URL Cache, but doesn't seem to affect the memory
[[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] removeAllCachedResponses];
[[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] setDiskCapacity:0];
[[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] setMemoryCapacity:0];
If that doesn't work, you can also try setting the cache policy on the NSURLRequest:
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlAddress];
NSURLRequest *requestObj = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url
cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringCacheData
timeoutInterval: 10.0];

I finally found the answer. Its nothing wrong with my code, as I thought. The problem lies on the server side. And, as they say in this thread:
NSURLConnection is returning old data
It seems to be badly configured server-side or proxy. Which makes the cache act all wierd. I tried another server and everything worked just fine!
Hope this helps someone with the same issue, cause it sure wasted me ALOT of time.

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iOS xcode Alternative to UIWebview didFinishLoad

I have a webview that when loaded, the user is logged in by a POST request. After they are logged in, I want them to be taken to a webpage. My POST request is a URL as follows:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
[_scoreWebView setDelegate:self];
NSMutableURLRequest *detailRequest = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"myrul"]];
[detailRequest setHTTPMethod:#"POST"];
NSString *sendInfo =[NSString stringWithFormat:#"action=login&EMAIL=email&PASSWORD=password", nil];
NSData *infoData = [sendInfo dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
[detailRequest setHTTPBody:infoData];
[_scoreWebView loadRequest:detailRequest];
}
This log in process works fine. However, after I send the user to my webpage it is launching webviewdidfinishload infinitely. I know that it fires each time something is loaded. Is there an alternate solution to redirecting the user to my page after log in? Also, I have three different pages that the user could be redirected to based on their input, this is just one of them for simplicity. This is my finishload method:
- (void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)webView
{
//Check here if still webview is loding the content
if (webView.isLoading)
return;
else //finished
NSLog(#"finished loading");
NSLog(#"%# in calendar", _thisScriptUniqueID);
NSString *fullURL=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"myurl/%##score", _thisScriptUniqueID];
NSLog(#"%#", fullURL);
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:fullURL];
NSURLRequest *requestObj = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[_scoreWebView loadRequest:requestObj];
}
Is there a different method that could be used to take the user to the page, or would it be possible to include both in the viewDidLoad?
After a lot of research, I decided that the functionality would work a lot better on the server side. I made it so that the same URL logs the user in and brings them to the desired page at the same time.

NSURLCache does not clear stored responses in iOS8

Here is the sample function I call when i need to clear cache and make a new call to URL
- (void)clearDataFromNSURLCache:(NSString *)urlString
{
NSURL *requestUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSURLRequest *dataUrlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL: requestUrl];
NSURLCache * cache =[NSURLCache sharedURLCache];
NSCachedURLResponse* cacheResponse =[cache cachedResponseForRequest:dataUrlRequest];
if (cacheResponse) {
NSString* dataStr = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[[cacheResponse data] bytes]];
NSLog(#"data str r= %#",dataStr);
NSLog(#"url str r= %#",[[[cacheResponse response] URL] absoluteString]);
[cache storeCachedResponse:nil forRequest:dataUrlRequest];
[NSURLCache setSharedURLCache:cache];
}
[[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] removeCachedResponseForRequest:dataUrlRequest];
//Check if the response data has been removed/deleted from cache
NSURLRequest *finalRequestUrlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:requestUrl];
NSURLCache * finalCache =[NSURLCache sharedURLCache];
NSCachedURLResponse* finalcacheResponse =[finalCache cachedResponseForRequest:finalRequestUrlRequest];
if (finalcacheResponse) {
//Should not enter here
NSString* finaldataStr = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[[finalcacheResponse data] bytes]];
NSLog(#"data str r= %#",finaldataStr);
NSLog(#"url str r= %#",[[[cacheResponse response] URL] absoluteString]);
}
}
In iOS 6/7 the response is deleted successfully for the requestURL, but in iOS 8 it never gets deleted.
I have searched but could not find any reason why this should not work in iOS8.
Any help will be appreciated…..
NSURLCache is broken on iOS 8.0.x - it never purges the cache at all, so it grows without limit. See http://blog.airsource.co.uk/2014/10/11/nsurlcache-ios8-broken/ for a detailed investigation. Cache purging is fixed in the 8.1 betas - but removeCachedResponseForRequest: is not.
removeCachedResponsesSinceDate: does appear to work on iOS 8.0 - an API that was added for 8.0, but hasn't made it to the docs yet (it is in the API diffs). I am unclear what use it is to anyone - surely what you normally want to do is remove cached responses before a particular date.
removeAllCachedResponses works as well - but that's a real sledgehammer solution.
I got a sufficient result reseting the cached response for a specific URL, changing the cache control to something that would never be returned like a "max-age=0" in the header. Look here
Whenever any API call is generated, That response is saved in the cache. You are able to find that folder in your documents directory, a folder with named cachedb is created which contains a list of responses. It can be a major concern related to security. With any third-party tool, someone can have access to that information.
Below is the way I have solved this issue :
NSURLCache *cache = [[NSURLCache alloc] initWithMemoryCapacity:0 * 1024 * 1024 diskCapacity:0 * 1024 * 1024 diskPath:nil];
[NSURLCache setSharedURLCache:cache];
I have allocated 0 memory space to the cache. so no data will be stored in Cache memory.

UIWebView not displaying URL

Pretty easy enough problem, but It's driving me crazy. I connected my uiwebview to the .h and called it myWebView. then in the viewdidLoad, i did this:
NSString *urlString = #"www.google.com";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[myWebView loadRequest:request];
But when I run the app I just see a blank screen...
I don't know what's going on.
All help is appreciated, thanks
Your urlstring isn't well-formed (for your intent)
Use http://www.google.com/
Technically www.google.com is a valid URL (according to things like RFC 1738 and 3986), but since it lacks the scheme (the http part), the UIWebView doesn't quite know what to do with it.

UIWebView does not initially load certain URLs

Having such a bizarre issue with the UIWebView and I haven't been able to find a solution online. I have an iPad app that has a web view in it. Upon first install and run of the app, I try to load an education website. The web view just hangs and times out. I kill the app, I run it again, and it loads just fine. This one works fine which is also part of the education website. I'm pulling my hair out!
Some code:
-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
NSURL *websiteUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://my.tac.edu.au"];
NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [[NSURLRequest alloc]initWithURL: websiteUrl];
[self.webView loadRequest:urlRequest];
}
Works fine with www.tac.edu.au. I don't know what it is about that URL that makes it hang only when the app is first installed. You stop it, run it again (without uninstalling) and it comes up just fine. Any help would be appreciated.
:)
instead of view did appear , write the code in view will appear
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
NSURL *websiteUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://my.tac.edu.au"];
NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [[NSURLRequest alloc]initWithURL: websiteUrl];
[self.webView loadRequest:urlRequest];
self.webview.delegate = self;
}
- (void)webViewDidStartLoad:(UIWebView *)webView{
//Start Activity Indicator
}
- (void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)webView{
//End activity indicator
}

How can load a home page always into UIWebview when application become active?

I have an application what is a web wrapper.
I need to display a login page from the server into UIWebView always when application become active.
I tried in many ways but always if the user is logged second page is displayed and not login page(i don't have access to source page from server).
UIWebView is made in storyboard and only from code I load the request
[[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] removeAllCachedResponses];
[[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] setDiskCapacity:0];
[[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] setMemoryCapacity:0];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:stringWithUrl];
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url
cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringCacheData
timeoutInterval:20.0];
[self.viewWeb loadRequest:request];
Also I register the class for notification when application enter in background to destroy webview
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(resetInterfaceForCaseWhenApplicationBecomeInactive)
name:UIApplicationDidEnterBackgroundNotification
object:nil];
And in method what is trigger by notification
self.viewWeb.delegate = nil;
self.viewWeb = nil;
I don't know what can do more to solve this. Any suggestion?
This problem related to cookies that web server puts to authenticated users, removing them should fix the issue. I added link to solution in comment before.

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