UIWebView: delegate will not be called

I am trying to calculate the size of a UIWebView with given content, but not showing the view. I only need to know the size.

My problem: when I execute the code, the UIWebView delegate is not called. Why?

MessageSizeCaluclator.h

#import < Foundation/Foundation.h>

@class Message;

@interface MessageSizeCaluclator : NSObject <UIWebViewDelegate>

- (id)initWithMessage:(Message*)message;
- (void)saveSize;

@end

MessageSizeCaluclator.m

#import "Message.h"
#import "MessageSizeCaluclator.h"


@interface MessageSizeCaluclator () <UIWebViewDelegate>

@property (strong, nonatomic) Message* message;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UIWebView* webView;

@end


@implementation MessageSizeCaluclator

@synthesize message = _message;
@synthesize webView = _webView;


- (id)initWithMessage:(Message*)message
{
self = [super init];

if (self) {
    _message = message;

    // WebView
    _webView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 10, 10)];
    _webView.delegate = self;
}

return self;
}

- (void)saveSize
{
NSLog(@"%s message = %@", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, _message.text);

[_webView loadHTMLString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"<div style='font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;'>This is a test</div>", _message.text]
                                 baseURL:nil];
}

#pragma mark - Web view delegate

- (void)webView:(UIWebView *)webView didFailLoadWithError:(NSError *)error
{
NSLog(@"%s", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
}

- (void)webViewDidStartLoad:(UIWebView *)webView
{
NSLog(@"%s", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
}

- (void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)webView
{
NSLog(@"%s", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
}

@end

Implementation

    MessageSizeCaluclator* messageSizeCalculator = [[MessageSizeCaluclator alloc] initWithMessage:message];
    [messageSizeCalculator saveSize];
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Add your UIWebView to some one UIView, make it frame by frame (so that users cannot see it). Delegate methods will not be called unless UIWebViewit is in the application presentation hierarchy.

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