android-webview

how to show the web view as OverviewMode(completely zoomed out) in android? how??

i want to load my web view as a overview mode(completely zoomed out). that is the webpage zoomed out completely at the initial state. i coded like this: webview_obj.getSettings().setLoadWithOverviewMode(true); its not working. what is the mistake and how to rectify it? ...

Replicate behavior of Android browser

Hi all, I am writing for Android, and I can't figure out how to replicate the effect of the Android browser where the progress bar is at the top of the screen, with the webview below it, yet when you scroll down, the bar scrolls with the page. I've tried placing both the webview and the progress bar into a scrollview, but when I do th...

Making element draggable with Android WebView (ideally, just with Javascript) ?

I'm building an app with a build target of 1.5 . I have a variable, WebView browser, that is calling loadUrl to load a static HTML page from my assets folder. In that HTML page, the following JavaScript is defined: var supportsTouch = ('createTouch' in document); ... var w = $('wrapper'); w[supportsTouch ? 'touchmove' : 'onmousem...

Android adding HTML content on a webview without space

I am trying to add an HTML content to a web view. If the words in the HTML content are without spaces then webview keeps that particular word on the same line.I want that content to be wrapped and be on the next line.Is it possible to do that.I am attaching a sample code that can reproduce the issue. String temp="<p>WebViewallowsyouto...

Problem with "Hello, WebView" example

Hi there, I'm new in android development and I am trying out the WebView example in the official android site. http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/views/hello-webview.html But I do everything they say...which is pretty simple: I create the project, edit the layout file, then i add the code, etc. No problems building...but wh...

Android WebView not loading a JavaScript file, but Android Browser loads it fine.

I'm writing an application which connects to a back office site. The backoffice site contains a whole slew of JavaScript functions, at least 100 times the average site. Unfortunately it does not load them, and causes much of the functionality to not work properly. So I am running a test. I put a page out on my server which loads the Fire...

Position of builtInZoomControls in WebView and MapView

I noticed that the position of the builtInZoomControls in WebView (bottom, horizontal right) is not consistent with the default position in the MapView (bottom, horizontal center). 1) Why is that not consistent? (Probably a question to be asked to Google) 2) Is there a way to horizontal center the builtInZoomControls of the WebView wit...

Android WebView - cannot understand - Null or empty value for header "if-none-match"

Hi When i tried to load a url i get an exception as below Uncaught handler: thread WebViewCoreThread exiting due to uncaught exception 06-16 10:22:31.471: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(635): java.lang.RuntimeException: Null or empty value for header "if-none-match" 06-16 10:22:31.471: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(635): at android.net.http.Request.a...

Android Froyo WebView doesn't scroll vertically

Hi all, I have a WebView widget in my app that displays custom HTML content. This is my layout: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@+id/main_...

Android: how to add custom soft keyboard when form field is selected in WebView

I am using WebView to present UI. Is there any way that I can trigger custom soft keyboard when input text form field is selected? ...

Memory leak in WebView

I have an activity using an xml layout where a WebView is embedded. I am not using the WebView in my activity code at all, all it does is sitting there in my xml layout and being visible. Now, when I finish the activity, I find that my activity is not being cleared from memory. (I check via hprof dump). The activity is entirely cleared ...

How to overcome Android WebView file size limit when loading a file

It seems there is a size limit when opening up pages using Android's WebView object. I am opening an HTML file in the 'Assets' folder. I have used the method myWebView.loadUrl("file://android_assets/index.html"). It works fine for a test html page but the real HTML I need page calls a JavaScript file that is over 1MB (dont ask why so ...

[android] can't swipe webview ?

I'm trying to get swipe the Web Views like list view swipe.... from left to right. I've followed the way that showed here. Also I've set the webviews in the viewflipper <ViewFlipper xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/flipper" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fi...

android webkit change font size ?

how could I change my custom webview font size ? String summary = "<html><body>You scored <b>192</b> points.</body></html>"; webView.loadData(summary, "text/html", "utf-8"); I want to control the font(text) size of that string summary at webview. Can I control with addJavascriptInterface (Object obj, String interfaceName...

HTML Style Tag in Android

As i have referred some articles and sites, i found that we can also create HTML file and then we can display HTML file using Android WebView.. I have referred at: http://tinyurl.com/yjona4j http://tinyurl.com/3xlnjjf So my question is that - "Is Android provides STYLE/CSS tag to define styles , if yes then there is any way to write...

Android: How to determine a given url is video link or a webpage

How to determine that a given link is video or a weblink...as all link dont have extension as .mp4 or .3gp etc....viz http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=comedy&amp;aq=f (is a weblink) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt4X7zFfv4k][1] (is a video link) In order to call respective view as video or webview... ...

how to update view in UI thread from worker thread

I have two threads running one id UI and other is worker thread. Worker thread continuously reads on port for some data from server, when appears I need to update my webview in UI thread. Worker thread again continues to read and never ends. Plz suggest how to accomplish this?? it may be likely as 'signals in C++' which causes a method ...

Android WebView LongPress does not fire when using Built in Zoom Controls?

Does anyone know why the WebView onLongClick method doesnt fiew when the built in zoom controls are used, webView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true). API level 7 ...

Error calling method on NPObject! in Android 2.2

I'm using addJavascriptInterface within my Android application to allow JavaScript to invoke functions I've created in my native Java application. This worked well in Android 2.1, however in Android 2.2 I receive the error message "Error calling method on NPObject!" When I instrument the method call the internals of the native method a...

Android WebView Changing Backcolor and font color

Yeap. I want to change my ** webview's background color and font size.** How i can for it? ...