Is there a way to have iOS remember passwords to HTTP authenticated sites?

Question

There's a page I frequently access on my iPhone that's protected by HTTP authentication, and I'm finding it annoying having to type in my username and password every time I want to access it. I tried saving the logged-in page as a home screen icon, but I'm still prompted every time. There isn't option to save my password when I'm logging in, and I can't find one in the settings either.

Is this possible?

^{example authentication screen to show what I'm referring to}

Answer 1

It seems that Safari on iOS doesn't support this natively. You have a couple options:

Workaround:

If you're not too worried about security, you can embed the username and password in the link itself, and bookmark that:

http://username:password@hostname.com/...

(Also of note: it sounds like iOS may pop up a warning when you visit a link that includes a username and password.)

Alternative:

There is another browser called Atomic Web Browser [App Store link] that can autofill HTTP authentication, among many other neat features.

Answer 2

You can do this with the app 1Password. You just have to use the browser inside of the app.

Create a login in the app with the appropriate URL, username and password.