# TimOliver/TOWebViewController

A view controller class for iOS that allows users to view web pages directly within an app.

Repository: https://github.com/TimOliver/TOWebViewController
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/towebviewcontroller
Homepage: http://www.timoliver.com.au/2014/07/27/towebviewcontroller-an-open-source-web-viewer-for-ios/
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: ios, objective-c, uiwebview, web, cocoapods, uiviewcontroller
Last push: 2019-09-16T12:07:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4867, "days_push": 2543, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1471, forks 205 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:49.277421+00:00)

## What it is
TOWebViewController is an Objective-C UIViewController subclass for iOS that embeds an inline web browser with navigation controls and a progress bar, so users can view web pages without leaving the app. It is built on the now-deprecated UIWebView and is defunct on iOS 13+, where Apple rejects apps using UIWebView.

## Use cases
- show a web page inside my iOS app without opening Safari
- embed an in-app browser view controller in Objective-C
- add back/forward/refresh navigation to an embedded web view
- display web content with a page load progress bar
- support inline browsing on old iOS versions like iOS 7

## When to choose
- you must support very old iOS versions (iOS 5-12) with an inline browser
- you need a ready-made web view controller UI in an legacy Objective-C codebase

## When to avoid
- targeting iOS 13 or later, since UIWebView apps are rejected by Apple
- starting a new project - use WKWebView or SFSafariViewController instead
- you need ongoing support or new features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, http-client
- domain: mobile-development, web-development
- platform: -
- tags: objective-c, uikit, in-app-browser, webview, cocoapods, deprecated, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- TimOliver/TOWebViewController (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.277421+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:34:45.016953+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TimOliver/TOWebViewController (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.277421+00:00, sha caea5ddef50e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.