How to enable back and forward swiping gestures in WKWebView
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:
webView.allowsBackForwardNavigationGestures = trueAvailable from iOS 8.0 – see Hacking with Swift tutorial 4
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