iOS access to Safari Reader feature through UIWebView

Question

I am using iOS 4.3 & was wondering if there is any way that I can access the Safari\'s \"Reader\" feature through which webpages are removed of ads & other riff raff

Answer 1

Dont parse HTML natively on iOS, I have done it before and its a messy business. Either create your own web service to do all the nasty work or look into using readability (readability.com) they provide an API. There is also an open source ruby, python and php readability port that you can find here

https://github.com/iterationlabs/ruby-readability

https://github.com/gfxmonk/python-readability

http://code.fivefilters.org/p/php-readability/source/tree/master/

For you ruby enthusiasts, readability is also available as a gem, just google it.