diff --git a/test-apps/ios-test-app/App/App/ViewController.swift b/test-apps/ios-test-app/App/App/ViewController.swift
index 304064d..1b69351 100644
--- a/test-apps/ios-test-app/App/App/ViewController.swift
+++ b/test-apps/ios-test-app/App/App/ViewController.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import UIKit
 import Capacitor
+import WebKit
 
 /**
  * Main view controller extending Capacitor's bridge view controller
@@ -22,6 +23,14 @@ class ViewController: CAPBridgeViewController {
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
         
+        // SANITY CHECK: Try loading a simple HTML file directly
+        print("ViewController: Starting sanity check...")
+        
+        // Wait a moment for Capacitor to initialize, then check
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1.0) {
+            self.performSanityCheck()
+        }
+        
         // Debug: Print bridge configuration
         print("ViewController: Bridge initialized")
         if let bridge = self.bridge {
@@ -41,6 +50,60 @@ class ViewController: CAPBridgeViewController {
         initializePlugin()
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Sanity check: Try to load a simple HTML file to verify WebView works
+     */
+    private func performSanityCheck() {
+        print("ViewController: Performing sanity check...")
+        
+        // Check if we have a bridge and webView
+        guard let bridge = self.bridge else {
+            print("❌ SANITY CHECK FAILED: Bridge is nil!")
+            return
+        }
+        
+        guard let webView = bridge.webView else {
+            print("❌ SANITY CHECK FAILED: WebView is nil!")
+            return
+        }
+        
+        print("✅ Bridge and WebView exist")
+        print("WebView URL: \(webView.url?.absoluteString ?? "nil")")
+        
+        // Try to load test.html directly
+        if let bundlePath = Bundle.main.resourcePath,
+           let testHtmlPath = bundlePath.appending("/public/test.html") as String?,
+           FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: testHtmlPath) {
+            let fileURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: testHtmlPath)
+            print("✅ Found test.html at: \(fileURL.path)")
+            webView.loadFileURL(fileURL, allowingReadAccessTo: fileURL.deletingLastPathComponent())
+        } else {
+            print("❌ test.html not found in bundle")
+            // Try index.html instead
+            if let bundlePath = Bundle.main.resourcePath,
+               let indexHtmlPath = bundlePath.appending("/public/index.html") as String?,
+               FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: indexHtmlPath) {
+                let fileURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: indexHtmlPath)
+                print("✅ Found index.html at: \(fileURL.path)")
+                webView.loadFileURL(fileURL, allowingReadAccessTo: fileURL.deletingLastPathComponent())
+            } else {
+                print("❌ index.html also not found")
+                // List what's actually in the bundle
+                if let bundlePath = Bundle.main.resourcePath {
+                    print("Bundle resource path: \(bundlePath)")
+                    if let contents = try? FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(atPath: bundlePath) {
+                        print("Bundle contents: \(contents)")
+                    }
+                    if let publicPath = bundlePath.appending("/public") as String?,
+                       FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: publicPath),
+                       let publicContents = try? FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(atPath: publicPath) {
+                        print("public/ contents: \(publicContents)")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Initialize plugin and register native fetcher
      * Equivalent to PluginApplication.onCreate() on Android
diff --git a/test-apps/ios-test-app/App/App/public/test.html b/test-apps/ios-test-app/App/App/public/test.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14cea6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-apps/ios-test-app/App/App/public/test.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <title>Sanity Check</title>
+    <style>
+        body {
+            background: red;
+            color: white;
+            font-size: 48px;
+            text-align: center;
+            padding: 50px;
+            margin: 0;
+        }
+    </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <h1>✅ SANITY CHECK PASSED!</h1>
+    <p>If you see this, the WebView is working!</p>
+    <p>HTML is loading correctly!</p>
+</body>
+</html>
+