Why does the iOS UIWebView loadRequest method not return a value?

Question

In iOS, the Xcode/Swift method to load an HTTP request is void, and returns no value.

Why not return the response code? For example, on a successful page request, return 200; on a not found, return 404.

I know that the status variable can be pulled from the header in the WebViewDidFinishLoad Method (ref link below), but it seems that a return code directly from the loadRequest method would make sense.

EDIT: Updated clip from documentation

Get the http response code from every UIWebView request

Answer 1

Ah, so you meant loadRequest ? As you can see from the docs you've quoted, it's asynchronous, so it will almost certainly return before the request has completed, so it can't return the response code as the response hasn't happened yet.