Load desktop version WKWebView iOS 9

Question

Up until recently

let url = NSURL (string:http://asite.com)        
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: url!)         

//iOS loads the mobile version of         


        

Answer 1

One way to resolve this it's by setting applicationNameForUserAgent property of WKWebViewConfiguration.

The default value is "Mobile/13C75", but you can set it with "Chrome/23.0.1271.6 Safari/537.11" or just "Chrome Safari" and you will get the desktop version of the requested URL.

WKWebViewConfiguration *wkWebConfig = [[WKWebViewConfiguration alloc] init];    
wkWebConfig.applicationNameForUserAgent = @"Chrome Safari";    
WKWebView *webView = [[WKWebView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero
                                        configuration:wkWebConfig];