Loading local html file in webView android

Question

I have to load an existing html file into a WebView that is located at this path in the file system:

/data/data/com.example.example/files/file.html

But, when the WebView loads it, I don't see anything. Who can help me?

WebView code (assuming path is the path I've written above):

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

  File htmlFile = new File(path);
    if(htmlFile.exists())
    {
        webView.loadUrl(htmlFile.getAbsolutePath());

    }

Does htmlFile.exists() return true? If so what do you see in logcat? — Greg Ennis
– Greg Ennis, Commented Jan 1, 2014 at 22:27
htmlFile.exists() always return true... i tried to put a log into the if and the logcat show that log... — donadev
– donadev, Commented Jan 2, 2014 at 10:54

hichris123 · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-01 22:28:24Z

53

Try this, adding in a file:/// and doing it a little differently:

WebView webView = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webView1);
webview.loadUrl("file:///data/data/com.example.example/files/file.html");

Instead of this, however, you could just put the file into your assets folder in the source code, and then do this:

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

answered Jan 1, 2014 at 22:28

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Nauman Ash · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-07 13:20:15Z

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The html file should be placed in the assets folder, which will belong in the root directory of your project.

So move your file to in case of eclipse

assets/index.html

In an Android Studio project use this folder:

/app/src/main/assets/index.html

Now use

WebView wv= (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webView1);
wv.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/index.html");

answered May 7, 2015 at 13:20

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Shahid Karimi Over a year ago

in my project there is not folder with the name android_asset

Nauman Ash Over a year ago

then create the assets folder

M D · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-02 04:36:59Z

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You need to implement a ContentProvider to map local files to uris as explained in this link how to display a local file into Android Webview

or you just load any html page from Assets folder like below:

 WebView wv= (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webView1);
 wv.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/yourfile.html");
 wv.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

answered Jan 2, 2014 at 4:36

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Dave2e · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-16 21:33:06Z

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Try this:

web = (Webview) findViewById(R.id.webview);
web.setWebClient(new WebViewClient());
web.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
web.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true);
web.getSettings().setAllowFileAccessFromFileURLs(true);

edited May 16, 2021 at 21:33

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answered May 16, 2021 at 18:20

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