SwiftUI has a native WebView in iOS 26

iOS 26 introduces a native WebView type for SwiftUI, built directly on WebKit, eliminating the need for the UIViewRepresentable wrapper developers have hand-written for years. WebView(url:) covers simple cases like showing a terms page, while the companion WebPage model (Observable) exposes title, loading progress, back/forward history, and async JavaScript execution. WebView only appears when both SwiftUI and WebKit are imported since it ships via a cross-import overlay. The .webViewContentBackground(.hidden) modifier fixes the old white-flash-on-load issue from WKWebView's opaque background. Apps supporting pre-iOS 26 targets still need to keep the old UIViewRepresentable wrapper alongside the new API.

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