UIWebView: issues with line-height in iOS11b9

Originator:skyriser
Number:rdar://34263778 Date Originated:2017.09.05
Status:Open Resolved:
Product: Product Version:
Classification: Reproducible:
 
Hello Apple,

We have noticed a problem in our production app, related to zooming of text in a UIWebView, in iOS11b9.


We have simple HTML content in a UIWebView, with a "line-height" value in "px":
"  body {line-height:20px;}  test test test test test test "

and we affect the zoom with this:
"[self.webview stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"document.getElementsByTagName(\"body\")[0].style.webkitTextSizeAdjust = \"%d%%\"", size]];"

On iOS10.3 it works correctly (the line height is resized automatically with "webkitTextSizeAdjust") (see screenshot test1_ios10.png), but on iOS11b9 the line height is not resized (see screenshot test1_ios11b.png with text overlap)

See attached test project "webviewtest_apple_sample2.zip" for details, and zoom to the maximum value using the "Bigger" button.



As a workaround, using "line-height: 130%" seems to work correctly, but we're not ready to make this change in our production app, without knowing the reason for the change. 

Notes:
-the problem appears in iOS11b9 (latest developer beta), but also since iOS11b6, using Xcode 8.3.3. But works correctly in iOS10.3
-we also tested similar code on our macOS application and it seems to be working correctly on macOS 10.12.6 and macOS10.13b9


A few Questions: 
-Is this a bug or a new feature in iOS11?
-Is there documentation for these changes?
-Are there any workarounds we could use in our production app that would work on iOS10 and iOS11?

Comments

Note: seems to be a problem only on iPad, it seems fine when tested on an iPod touch.

By skyriser at Sept. 6, 2017, 6:04 p.m. (reply...)

Related forum post: https://forums.developer.apple.com/message/257772

By skyriser at Sept. 5, 2017, 8:50 p.m. (reply...)

Unescaped HTML:

"<style type="text/css">body {line-height:20px;}test test test
test test test"

"[self.webview stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].style.webkitTextSizeAdjust = "%d%%"", size]];"

By skyriser at Sept. 5, 2017, 8:49 p.m. (reply...)

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