How to enable back and forward swiping gestures in WKWebView
Swift version: 5.0
One of the many advantages of WKWebView over UIWebView is its ability to draw on some of the native user interface of Safari. It's a long way from the SFSafariViewController that was introduced in iOS 9.0, but you can enable the built-in gestures that let users go back and forward by swiping left and right.
Here's the code:
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