Allow unverified ssl certificate in UIWebview

Question

I\'m embedding a website in a UIWebView. During development I have it pointed at localhost. The problem is that whenever it hits a \"https://\" url it doesn\'t load. When I

Answer 1

There's a way to do this legally (by App Store laws at least). When you use the NSURLConnection there are 2 methods that can be used to allow self-signed SSL certificates to be used:

How to use NSURLConnection to connect with SSL for an untrusted cert?

If you implement UIWebViewDelegate use the

- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView *)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType;

Return NO to this so that the WebView doesn't load on its own. Then construct an NSURLConnection (which can be used with unsigned certificates via the above link).

Of course the usual SSL recommendations apply here:
-Don't use an unsigned cert on production servers!
-Always surface a warning letting your user decide whether to accept the cert or not.