UIWebView - Trouble displaying current URL in text field

- (void)webViewDidStartLoad:(UIWebView *)webView {
    NSURL* url = [webView.request URL];
    _webAddress.text = [url absoluteString];
}

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface WebViewController : UIViewController {
    
    IBOutlet UIWebView *_webView;
    IBOutlet UITextField *_webAddress;
    IBOutlet UIActivityIndicatorView *activityIndicator;
    NSTimer *timer;
    NSString *_webURL;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWebView *webView;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITextField *webAddress;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *webURL;

- (IBAction) doneButton:(id)sender;


@end

#import \"WebViewController.h\"


@implementation WebViewController

@synthesize webView = _webView;
@synthesize webAddress = _webAddress;
@synthesize webURL = _webURL;


// Dismiss WebViewController
- (IBAction) doneButton:(id)sender {
     
    [[self parentViewController] dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];        
}


- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
        // Custom initialization
    }
    return self;
}


- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    // Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    
    // Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}

#pragma mark - View lifecycle

- (void)webViewDidStartLoad:(UIWebView *)webView {
    NSURL* url = [webView.request URL];
    _webAddress.text = [url absoluteString];
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [_webView addSubview:activityIndicator];
    [_webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:_webURL]]];
    timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:(1.0/2.0) target:self selector:@selector(loading) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
            
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
}

- (void)loading {
    if (!_webView.loading) 
        [activityIndicator stopAnimating];
        
        else
            [activityIndicator startAnimating];
}

- (void)viewDidUnload
{
    _webURL = nil;
    _webView = nil;
    _webAddress = nil;
    [super viewDidUnload];
    // Release any retained subviews of the main view.
    // e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
}


- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
    // Return YES for supported orientations
    return (interfaceOrientation != UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown);
}


- (void)dealloc
{
    [_webURL release];
    [_webView release];
    [_webAddress release];
    [super dealloc];
}


@end