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The document discusses Android WebView and provides an example of using it to display web pages. It explains that WebView uses the WebKit engine to display web content from URLs or local files. It then shows code examples to load a page from javatpoint.com, from a local HTML file in assets, and from a hardcoded HTML string. Finally, it provides a complete example project with layout XML, activity class, and output screenshots.

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Android WebView Example - Javatpoint

The document discusses Android WebView and provides an example of using it to display web pages. It explains that WebView uses the WebKit engine to display web content from URLs or local files. It then shows code examples to load a page from javatpoint.com, from a local HTML file in assets, and from a hardcoded HTML string. Finally, it provides a complete example project with layout XML, activity class, and output screenshots.

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Android WebView Example


Android WebView is used to display web page in android. The web page can
be loaded from same application or URL. It is used to display online content in
android activity.

Android WebView uses webkit engine to display web page.

The android.webkit.WebView is the subclass of AbsoluteLayout class.

The loadUrl() and loadData() methods of Android WebView class are used to
load and display web page.

Android WebView Example


Let's see the simple code to display javatpoint.com web page using web view.

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WebView mywebview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);


mywebview.loadUrl("http://www.javatpoint.com/");

Let's see the simple code to display HTML web page using web view. In this case, html file must be located
inside the asset directory.

WebView mywebview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);


mywebview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/myresource.html");

Let's see another code to display HTML code of a string.

String data = "<html><body><h1>Hello, Javatpoint!</h1></body></html>";


mywebview.loadData(data, "text/html", "UTF-8");

Complete Android WebView Example


Let's see a complete example of Android WebView.

activity_main.xml

File: activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>


<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/andr
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
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android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="example.javatpoint.com.webview.MainActivity">

<WebView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="@+id/webView"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

To add the web page (.html, .jsp) locally in application, they are required to place in the assets folder. An
assets folder is created as: right click on app -> New -> Folder -> Assets Folder ->main or simply create an
assets directory inside main directory.

Activity class

File: MainActivity.java

package example.javatpoint.com.webview;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
WebView mywebview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);
// mywebview.loadUrl("https://www.javatpoint.com/");

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/*String data = "<html><body><h1>Hello, Javatpoint!</h1></body></html>";


mywebview.loadData(data, "text/html", "UTF-8"); */

mywebview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/myresource.html");
}
}

Output:

Let's see the output if you load the HTML page.

Let's see the output if you load the javatpoint.com web page.

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