Loading existing html file with android WebView

Question

I did try samples  demos from Google codes and other resources with WebView  but when i try to do it in my own code  it doesn t work for me   I want to load myfile html which i put in assets folder  and using   private WebView myWebView   myWebView loadUrl  file    android assets myfile html      On emulator shows error      The web page at file    android assets myfile html could not be   loaded as  The requested file was not found     android assets myfile html   When i put that file to res raw  folder and using   myWebView loadUrl  file    android res raw myfile html      then only emulator android 2 2 API level 8 can load the file probably  other older versions show the same error  Am i missing something   Is there any way of loading an existing  html file in the application package which works on all API versions

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If your structure should be like this    assets html index html   assets scripts index js   assets css index css  Then just do   Android WebView  handling orientation changes        if WebViewStateHolder INSTANCE getBundle      null      this works only on single instance of webview  use a map with TAG if you need more         webView loadUrl  file    android asset html index html          else           webView restoreState WebViewStateHolder INSTANCE getBundle             Make sure you add      WebSettings webSettings   webView getSettings        webSettings setJavaScriptEnabled true       webSettings setJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically true       if android os Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   android os Build VERSION CODES JELLY BEAN            webSettings setAllowFileAccessFromFileURLs true           webSettings setAllowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs true           Then just use urls   lt html gt   lt head gt       lt meta charset  utf-8  gt       lt title gt Zzzz lt  title gt       lt script src     scripts index js  gt  lt  script gt       lt link rel  stylesheet  type  text css  href     css index css  gt

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The debug compilation is different from the release one  so   Consider your Project file structure like that  this case if for a Debug assemble    src       debug               assets                         index html   You should call index html into your WebView like   web loadUrl  file    android asset index html      So forth  for the Release assemble  it should be like   src       release                   assets                             index html      The bellow structure also works  for both compilations  debug and release     src       main             assets                       index html

User · Answer

You could read the html file manually and then use loadData or loadDataWithBaseUrl methods of WebView to show it

User · Answer

ok  that was my very stupid mistake  I post the answer here just in case someone has the same problem   The correct path for files stored in assets folder is file    android asset    with no  s  for assets folder which i was always thinking it must have a  s     And  mWebView loadUrl  file    android asset myfile html    works under all API levels   I still not figure out why mWebView loadUrl  file    android res raw myfile html    works only on API level 8  But it doesn t matter now

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Copy and Paste Your  html file in the assets folder of your Project and add below code in your Activity on onCreate             WebView view   new WebView this           view getSettings   setJavaScriptEnabled true           view loadUrl  file    android asset   YOUR FILE NAME   html            view setBackgroundColor Color TRANSPARENT           setContentView view

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paste your  html file in assets folder of your project folder  and create an xml file in layout folder with the fol code   my xml    lt WebView  xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    android id    id webview    android layout width  fill parent    android layout height  fill parent        gt    add fol code in activity  setContentView R layout my       WebView mWebView   null      mWebView    WebView  findViewById R id webview       mWebView getSettings   setJavaScriptEnabled true       mWebView loadUrl  file    android asset new html      new html is html file name

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