[android] Webview load html from assets directory

I'm trying to load a html page from the assets directory. I tried this, but it fails.

public class ViewWeb extends Activity {  
    @Override  
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  
        WebView wv;  
        wv = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);  
        wv.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/aboutcertified.html");   // fails here
        setContentView(R.layout.webview);  
    }  
}

I don't really get any telling errors in LogCat...

Whenever you are creating activity, you must add setcontentview(your layout) after super call. Because setcontentview bind xml into your activity so that's the reason you are getting nullpointerexception.

 setContentView(R.layout.webview);  
 webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
 wv.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/xyz.html");

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        WebView wb = new WebView(this);
        wb.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/index.html");
        setContentView(wb);
    }


keep your .html in `asset` folder

Download source code from here (Open html file from assets android)

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:background="#FFFFFF"
 android:layout_height="match_parent">

<WebView
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:id="@+id/webview"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:layout_margin="10dp"></WebView>
</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.deepshikha.htmlfromassets;
 import android.app.ProgressDialog;
 import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.webkit.WebView;
 import android.webkit.WebViewClient;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

WebView webview;
 ProgressDialog progressDialog;

@Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
 init();
 }

private void init(){
 webview = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
 webview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/download.html");
 webview.requestFocus();

progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
 progressDialog.setMessage("Loading");
 progressDialog.setCancelable(false);
 progressDialog.show();

webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {

public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
 try {
 progressDialog.dismiss();
 } catch (Exception e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
 }
 }
 });
 }
 }