diff --git a/src/ios/IONAssetHandler.h b/src/ios/IONAssetHandler.h
index aee8d1c7..d0d897cb 100644
--- a/src/ios/IONAssetHandler.h
+++ b/src/ios/IONAssetHandler.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSString * basePath;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSString * scheme;
+@property (nonatomic) Boolean isRunning;
 
 -(void)setAssetPath:(NSString *)assetPath;
 - (instancetype)initWithBasePath:(NSString *)basePath andScheme:(NSString *)scheme;
diff --git a/src/ios/IONAssetHandler.m b/src/ios/IONAssetHandler.m
index 64cf5ec3..701382ff 100644
--- a/src/ios/IONAssetHandler.m
+++ b/src/ios/IONAssetHandler.m
@@ -19,14 +19,72 @@ - (instancetype)initWithBasePath:(NSString *)basePath andScheme:(NSString *)sche
 
 - (void)webView:(WKWebView *)webView startURLSchemeTask:(id <WKURLSchemeTask>)urlSchemeTask
 {
+    self.isRunning = true;
+    Boolean loadFile = true;
     NSString * startPath = @"";
     NSURL * url = urlSchemeTask.request.URL;
-    NSString * stringToLoad = url.path;
+    NSDictionary * header = urlSchemeTask.request.allHTTPHeaderFields;
+    NSMutableString * stringToLoad = [NSMutableString string];
+    [stringToLoad appendString:url.path];
     NSString * scheme = url.scheme;
+    NSString * method = urlSchemeTask.request.HTTPMethod;
+    NSData * body = urlSchemeTask.request.HTTPBody;
+    NSData * data;
+    NSInteger statusCode;
 
     if ([scheme isEqualToString:self.scheme]) {
         if ([stringToLoad hasPrefix:@"/_app_file_"]) {
             startPath = [stringToLoad stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/_app_file_" withString:@""];
+        } else if ([stringToLoad hasPrefix:@"/_http_proxy_"]||[stringToLoad hasPrefix:@"/_https_proxy_"]) {
+            if(url.query) {
+                [stringToLoad appendString:@"?"];
+                [stringToLoad appendString:url.query];
+            }
+            loadFile = false;
+            startPath = [stringToLoad stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/_http_proxy_" withString:@"http://"];
+            startPath = [startPath stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/_https_proxy_" withString:@"https://"];
+            NSURL * requestUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:startPath];
+            WKWebsiteDataStore* dataStore = [WKWebsiteDataStore defaultDataStore];
+            WKHTTPCookieStore* cookieStore = dataStore.httpCookieStore;
+            NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init];
+            [request setHTTPMethod:method];
+            [request setURL:requestUrl];
+            if (body) {
+                [request setHTTPBody:body];
+            }
+            [request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:header];
+            [request setHTTPShouldHandleCookies:YES];
+            
+            [[[NSURLSession sharedSession] dataTaskWithRequest:request completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
+                if(error) {
+                    NSLog(@"Proxy error: %@", error);
+                }
+                
+                // set cookies to WKWebView
+                NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse*)response;
+                if(httpResponse) {
+                    NSArray* cookies = [NSHTTPCookie cookiesWithResponseHeaderFields:[httpResponse allHeaderFields] forURL:response.URL];
+                    [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] setCookies:cookies forURL:httpResponse.URL mainDocumentURL:nil];
+                    cookies = [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] cookies];
+                    
+                    for (NSHTTPCookie* c in cookies)
+                    {
+                        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue( DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^(void){
+                            //running in background thread is necessary because setCookie otherwise fails
+                            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
+                                [cookieStore setCookie:c completionHandler:nil];
+                            });
+                        });
+                    };
+                }
+
+                // Do not use urlSchemeTask if it has been closed in stopURLSchemeTask
+                if(self.isRunning) {
+                    [urlSchemeTask didReceiveResponse:response];
+                    [urlSchemeTask didReceiveData:data];
+                    [urlSchemeTask didFinish];
+                }
+            }] resume];
         } else {
             startPath = self.basePath ? self.basePath : @"";
             if ([stringToLoad isEqualToString:@""] || [url.pathExtension isEqualToString:@""]) {
@@ -36,36 +94,39 @@ - (void)webView:(WKWebView *)webView startURLSchemeTask:(id <WKURLSchemeTask>)ur
             }
         }
     }
-    NSError * fileError = nil;
-    NSData * data = nil;
-    if ([self isMediaExtension:url.pathExtension]) {
-        data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:startPath options:NSDataReadingMappedIfSafe error:&fileError];
-    }
-    if (!data || fileError) {
-        data =  [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:startPath];
-    }
-    NSInteger statusCode = 200;
-    if (!data) {
-        statusCode = 404;
-    }
-    NSURL * localUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:url.absoluteString];
-    NSString * mimeType = [self getMimeType:url.pathExtension];
-    id response = nil;
-    if (data && [self isMediaExtension:url.pathExtension]) {
-        response = [[NSURLResponse alloc] initWithURL:localUrl MIMEType:mimeType expectedContentLength:data.length textEncodingName:nil];
-    } else {
-        NSDictionary * headers = @{ @"Content-Type" : mimeType, @"Cache-Control": @"no-cache"};
-        response = [[NSHTTPURLResponse alloc] initWithURL:localUrl statusCode:statusCode HTTPVersion:nil headerFields:headers];
-    }
-    
-    [urlSchemeTask didReceiveResponse:response];
-    [urlSchemeTask didReceiveData:data];
-    [urlSchemeTask didFinish];
 
+    if(loadFile) {
+        NSError * fileError = nil;
+        data = nil;
+        if ([self isMediaExtension:url.pathExtension]) {
+            data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:startPath options:NSDataReadingMappedIfSafe error:&fileError];
+        }
+        if (!data || fileError) {
+            data =  [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:startPath];
+        }
+        statusCode = 200;
+        if (!data) {
+            statusCode = 404;
+        }
+        NSURL * localUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:url.absoluteString];
+        NSString * mimeType = [self getMimeType:url.pathExtension];
+        id response = nil;
+        if (data && [self isMediaExtension:url.pathExtension]) {
+            response = [[NSURLResponse alloc] initWithURL:localUrl MIMEType:mimeType expectedContentLength:data.length textEncodingName:nil];
+        } else {
+            NSDictionary * headers = @{ @"Content-Type" : mimeType, @"Cache-Control": @"no-cache"};
+            response = [[NSHTTPURLResponse alloc] initWithURL:localUrl statusCode:statusCode HTTPVersion:nil headerFields:headers];
+        }
+        
+        [urlSchemeTask didReceiveResponse:response];
+        [urlSchemeTask didReceiveData:data];
+        [urlSchemeTask didFinish];
+    }
 }
 
 - (void)webView:(nonnull WKWebView *)webView stopURLSchemeTask:(nonnull id<WKURLSchemeTask>)urlSchemeTask
 {
+    self.isRunning = false;
     NSLog(@"stop");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/www/util.js b/src/www/util.js
index ba52a8e9..223695bc 100644
--- a/src/www/util.js
+++ b/src/www/util.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ var exec = require('cordova/exec');
 
 var WebView = {
   convertFileSrc: function(url) {
+    const convertHttp = !location.protocol.startsWith("http") && !location.protocol.startsWith("https")
+
     if (!url) {
       return url;
     }
@@ -11,6 +13,12 @@ var WebView = {
     if (url.indexOf('file://')===0) {
       return window.WEBVIEW_SERVER_URL + url.replace('file://', '/_app_file_');
     }
+    if (convertHttp && url.url.indexOf('http://')===0) {
+      return window.WEBVIEW_SERVER_URL + '/_http_proxy_' + encodeURIComponent(url.replace('http://', ''));
+    }
+    if (convertHttp && url.url.indexOf('https://')===0) {
+      return window.WEBVIEW_SERVER_URL + '/_https_proxy_' + encodeURIComponent(url.replace('https://', ''));
+    }
     if (url.indexOf('content://')===0) {
       return window.WEBVIEW_SERVER_URL + url.replace('content:/', '/_app_content_');
     }