snowplow / snowplow/snowplow-javascript-tracker

enableActivityTracking does not ping inside an iOS UIWebView context

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category:browser status:needs_triage type:defect
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

Page Pings are not fired on an iOS UIWebView, while they are fired on Safari.

While loading statically the same HTML, with the same SP tracking code - execution is different when being loaded on Safari, and on an iOS UIWebView.

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Research direction

The issue names enableActivityTracking as the relevant entry point; begin by reproducing Page Pings with the same static HTML and tracking code in an iOS UIWebView and Safari. Done means Page Pings fire in the UIWebView as they do in Safari.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ios, javascript
Domain
analytics, mobile-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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