Problem with loading existing .html file with android WebView

Question

Hi everyone,

Firstly, happy birthday!

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?

Could any way load an existing .html file in the application package which works on all API versions ?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

mWebView.loadUrl("file:///android_res/raw/myfile.html"); definitely works on API level 8, but fail to load on older levels. Any idea why?

Answer 3

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.