I am trying to set up a simple Android app that displays a webview and has some extra functionality available via the Javascript Interface.
I am testing on a HTC One S running Kitkat (via Cyanogenmod). When I inspect the webview the object inserted (Android) is empty "Object {}". I cannot use the functions in the interface via the loaded page.
I had built a more complicated activity but could not get the interface working, so I've created this new app for testing which contains the only the code from the webview guides. Still not inserting the methods into the exposed object.
MyActivity
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.webkit.WebSettings;
import android.webkit.WebView;
public class MyActivity extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_my);
WebView myWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
myWebView.addJavascriptInterface(new WebAppInterface(this), "Android");
WebSettings webSettings = myWebView.getSettings();
webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
myWebView.loadUrl("http://47e148ba.ngrok.com");
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my, menu);
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
WebAppInterface
import android.content.Context;
import android.webkit.JavascriptInterface;
import android.widget.Toast;
/**
* Created by graeme on 28/08/2014.
*/
public class WebAppInterface {
Context mContext;
/** Instantiate the interface and set the context */
WebAppInterface(Context c) {
mContext = c;
}
/** Show a toast from the web page */
@JavascriptInterface
public void showToast(String toast) {
Toast.makeText(mContext, toast, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
Layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<WebView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/webview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
/>
build.gradle
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 19
buildToolsVersion "20.0.0"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.mydomain.jswebview"
minSdkVersion 17
targetSdkVersion 19
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
runProguard false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}
You can see I'm using the decorator required for the methods, which most questions seem to have as the solution. I'm developing in Android Studio if any of the presets in there might be interfering?
Edit:
In The JS file, or via the console if I'm inspecting the webview via chrome if I call Android or window.Android i get an empty objected returned "Object {}". Or if I try to use the methods defined in the interface above I'll receive a method undefined error.