Load resources from relative path using local html in uiwebview

This is how to load/use a local html with relative references.

Drag the resource into your xcode project (I dragged a folder named www from my finder window), you will get two options "create groups for any added folders" and "create folders references for any added folders". Select the "create folder references.." option. Use the below given code. It should work like a charm. NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"index" ofType:@"html" inDirectory:@"www"]]; [webview loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url]];

Now all your relative links(like img/.gif, js/.js) in the html should get resolved.

Swift 3

    if let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "dados", ofType: "html", inDirectory: "root") {
        webView.load( URLRequest(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: path)) )
    }

In Swift:

 func pathForResource(  name: String?, 
                        ofType ext: String?, 
                        inDirectory subpath: String?) -> String?  {

  // **name:** Name of Hmtl
  // **ofType ext:** extension for type of file. In this case "html"
  // **inDirectory subpath:** the folder where are the file. 
  //    In this case the file is in root folder

    let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource(             "dados",
                                                     ofType:      "html", 
                                                     inDirectory: "root")
    var requestURL = NSURL(string:path!)
    var request = NSURLRequest(URL:requestURL)

    webView.loadRequest(request)
}

I crammed everything into one line (bad I know) and had no troubles with it:

[webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"test" 
                                                                                                         ofType:@"html"]
                                                             isDirectory:NO]]];         

I simply do this:

    UIWebView *webView = [[[UIWebView alloc] init] autorelease];

    NSURL *url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"index" withExtension:@"html"];
    NSURLRequest* request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
    [webView loadRequest:request];

Where "index.html" relatively references images, CSS, javascript, etc.

Swift answer 2.

The UIWebView Class Reference advises against using webView.loadRequest(request):

Don’t use this method to load local HTML files; instead, use loadHTMLString:baseURL:.

In this solution, the html is read into a string. The html's url is used to work out the path, and passes that as a base url.

let url = bundle.URLForResource("index", withExtension: "html", subdirectory: "htmlFileFolder")
let html = try String(contentsOfURL: url)
let base = url.URLByDeletingLastPathComponent
webView.loadHTMLString(html, baseURL: base)

I've gone back and tested and re-tested this, it appears that the only way I can get it to work (since I have some files in the img folder and some in js/css, etc...) is not to use a relative path to my image in the html and have everything referenced to the bundle folder. What a shame :(.

<img src="myimage.png" />

@sdbrain's answer in Swift 3:

    let url = URL.init(fileURLWithPath: Bundle.main.path(forResource: "index", ofType: "html", inDirectory: "www")!)
    webView.loadRequest(NSURLRequest.init(url: url) as URLRequest)

In Swift 3.01 using WKWebView:

let localURL = URL.init(fileURLWithPath: Bundle.main.path(forResource: "index", ofType: "html", inDirectory: "CWP")!)
myWebView.load(NSURLRequest.init(url: localURL) as URLRequest)

This adjusts for some of the finer syntax changes in 3.01 and keeps the directory structure in place so you can embed related HTML files.