iOS App - Set Timeout for UIWebView loading

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I have a simple iOS native app that loads a single UIWebView. I would like the webView to show an error message if the app doesn't COMPLETELY finish loading the initial page in the webView within 20 seconds.

I load my URL for the webView within my viewDidLoad like this (simplified):

[webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.example.com"] cachePolicy:NSURLCacheStorageAllowed timeoutInterval:20.0]];

The timeoutInterval within the code above does not actually "do" anything, as Apple has it set within the OS to not actually time out for 240 seconds.

I have my webView didFailLoadWithError actions set, but if the user HAS a network connection, this never gets called. The webView just continues to try loading with my networkActivityIndicator spinning.

Is there a way to set a timeout for the webView?

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4 Answers

All of the suggested solutions are not ideal. The correct way to handle this is using the timeoutInterval on the NSMutableURLRequest itself:

NSMutableURLRequest* request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://web.site"]];

request.timeoutInterval = 10;

[webview loadRequest:request];
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