[android-developers] Re: Display locally stored html webpage using webview
Hi Jason,
It works now. The issue was the I was loading the webview using:
loadData(htmlData, mimetype, encoding);
When I changed it to :
loadUrl("file:///android_asset/test.html");
everything started working fine :)
Thanks for all the help.
On Jan 14, 3:37 pm, Jason Proctor
wrote:
> ISTR a new permission that came in with 1.5 or 1.6 that was required
> for this. sorry i don't remember which one it is. do you perhaps not
> have it set?
>
> another way around this i found to work is to write a simple content
> provider which effectively caches assets in the filesystem, and
> returns references to them via (and only) openFile(). leave the cache
> extant as long as you like. this way you can put content: URLs in
> your HTML and have stuff that doesn't change very often (3rd party
> Javascript, etc) in your apk.
>
> but i've never understood why this is such an ordeal. the app is
> asking webkit to load resources which the author of the app packaged
> into the apk. what's the problem??
>
>
>
> >Nope, that does not work either.
>
> >On Jan 14, 2:50 pm, Jason Proctor
> >wrote:
> >> it's in the deep past for me and i can't remember how much success i
> >> had with this approach, but try URLs of the form --
>
> >> file:///android_asset/test.gif
>
> >> accessing local files from webkit was a mess way back when, i've not
> >> looked into it recently so i can't tell whether it's been fixed up.
>
> >> >Guitouille,
> >> >I was able to load the html file using AssetManager and the web page
> >> >loads as expected, but the image file is still not displayed.
> >> >Is this the correct syntax?
>
> >> >I tried the following too:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >..
> >> >but nothing worked.
>
> >> >On Jan 14, 2:26 pm, tikky wrote:
> >> >> Thanks Guitouille. In that case, what URL string do I give to
> >> >> webview's loadUrl(url) method?
>
> >> >> On Jan 14, 11:29 am, Guitouille
> >> >> wrote:
>
> >> >> > In fact your test.gif has to be in the assets folder in order to be
> >> >> > visible.
>
> >> >> > Guitouille
>
> >> >> > On 14 jan, 16:42, tikky wrote:
>
> >> >> > > Hello,
>
> >> >> > > I have a locally stored webpage (html) under res/raw
> >>folder. The html
> >> >> > > is something like this:
>
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > This is a test page
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >
>
> >> >> > > There is an image that is referenced in this html page (test.gif)
> >> >> > > which is stored under res/drawables.
>
> >> >> > > When I use a webview to display this page, it does not display the
> >> >> > > image. How can I correctly reference the path to the test.gif
> >> image?
>
> >> >> > > I tried using a text view with Html.fromHtml() but that
> >>does not parse
> >> >> > > several html tags.
>
> >> >> > > Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated.
>
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[android-developers] Re: Display locally stored html webpage using webview
ISTR a new permission that came in with 1.5 or 1.6 that was required for this. sorry i don't remember which one it is. do you perhaps not have it set? another way around this i found to work is to write a simple content provider which effectively caches assets in the filesystem, and returns references to them via (and only) openFile(). leave the cache extant as long as you like. this way you can put content: URLs in your HTML and have stuff that doesn't change very often (3rd party Javascript, etc) in your apk. but i've never understood why this is such an ordeal. the app is asking webkit to load resources which the author of the app packaged into the apk. what's the problem?? Nope, that does not work either. On Jan 14, 2:50 pm, Jason Proctor wrote: it's in the deep past for me and i can't remember how much success i had with this approach, but try URLs of the form -- file:///android_asset/test.gif accessing local files from webkit was a mess way back when, i've not looked into it recently so i can't tell whether it's been fixed up. >Guitouille, >I was able to load the html file using AssetManager and the web page >loads as expected, but the image file is still not displayed. >Is this the correct syntax? >I tried the following too: > > >.. >but nothing worked. >On Jan 14, 2:26 pm, tikky wrote: >> Thanks Guitouille. In that case, what URL string do I give to >> webview's loadUrl(url) method? >> On Jan 14, 11:29 am, Guitouille >> wrote: >> > In fact your test.gif has to be in the assets folder in order to be >> > visible. >> > Guitouille >> > On 14 jan, 16:42, tikky wrote: >> > > Hello, >> > > I have a locally stored webpage (html) under res/raw folder. The html >> > > is something like this: >> > > >> > > >> > >This is a test page >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > There is an image that is referenced in this html page (test.gif) >> > > which is stored under res/drawables. >> > > When I use a webview to display this page, it does not display the >> > > image. How can I correctly reference the path to the test.gif image? >> > > I tried using a text view with Html.fromHtml() but that does not parse >> > > several html tags. >> > > Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated. >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "Android Developers" group. >To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- jason.vp.engineering.particle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- jason.vp.engineering.particle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Display locally stored html webpage using webview
Nope, that does not work either. On Jan 14, 2:50 pm, Jason Proctor wrote: > it's in the deep past for me and i can't remember how much success i > had with this approach, but try URLs of the form -- > > file:///android_asset/test.gif > > accessing local files from webkit was a mess way back when, i've not > looked into it recently so i can't tell whether it's been fixed up. > > > > >Guitouille, > >I was able to load the html file using AssetManager and the web page > >loads as expected, but the image file is still not displayed. > >Is this the correct syntax? > > >I tried the following too: > > > > > >.. > >but nothing worked. > > >On Jan 14, 2:26 pm, tikky wrote: > >> Thanks Guitouille. In that case, what URL string do I give to > >> webview's loadUrl(url) method? > > >> On Jan 14, 11:29 am, Guitouille > >> wrote: > > >> > In fact your test.gif has to be in the assets folder in order to be > >> > visible. > > >> > Guitouille > > >> > On 14 jan, 16:42, tikky wrote: > > >> > > Hello, > > >> > > I have a locally stored webpage (html) under res/raw folder. The html > >> > > is something like this: > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > This is a test page > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > There is an image that is referenced in this html page (test.gif) > >> > > which is stored under res/drawables. > > >> > > When I use a webview to display this page, it does not display the > >> > > image. How can I correctly reference the path to the test.gif image? > > >> > > I tried using a text view with Html.fromHtml() but that does not parse > >> > > several html tags. > > >> > > Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated. > > >-- > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >Groups "Android Developers" group. > >To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > jason.vp.engineering.particle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Display locally stored html webpage using webview
it's in the deep past for me and i can't remember how much success i had with this approach, but try URLs of the form -- file:///android_asset/test.gif accessing local files from webkit was a mess way back when, i've not looked into it recently so i can't tell whether it's been fixed up. Guitouille, I was able to load the html file using AssetManager and the web page loads as expected, but the image file is still not displayed. Is this the correct syntax? I tried the following too: .. but nothing worked. On Jan 14, 2:26 pm, tikky wrote: Thanks Guitouille. In that case, what URL string do I give to webview's loadUrl(url) method? On Jan 14, 11:29 am, Guitouille wrote: > In fact your test.gif has to be in the assets folder in order to be > visible. > Guitouille > On 14 jan, 16:42, tikky wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a locally stored webpage (html) under res/raw folder. The html > > is something like this: > > > > > >This is a test page > > > > > > > > > > There is an image that is referenced in this html page (test.gif) > > which is stored under res/drawables. > > When I use a webview to display this page, it does not display the > > image. How can I correctly reference the path to the test.gif image? > > I tried using a text view with Html.fromHtml() but that does not parse > > several html tags. > > Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- jason.vp.engineering.particle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Display locally stored html webpage using webview
Guitouille, I was able to load the html file using AssetManager and the web page loads as expected, but the image file is still not displayed. Is this the correct syntax? I tried the following too: .. but nothing worked. On Jan 14, 2:26 pm, tikky wrote: > Thanks Guitouille. In that case, what URL string do I give to > webview's loadUrl(url) method? > > On Jan 14, 11:29 am, Guitouille > wrote: > > > In fact your test.gif has to be in the assets folder in order to be > > visible. > > > Guitouille > > > On 14 jan, 16:42, tikky wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a locally stored webpage (html) under res/raw folder. The html > > > is something like this: > > > > > > > > > > This is a test page > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is an image that is referenced in this html page (test.gif) > > > which is stored under res/drawables. > > > > When I use a webview to display this page, it does not display the > > > image. How can I correctly reference the path to the test.gif image? > > > > I tried using a text view with Html.fromHtml() but that does not parse > > > several html tags. > > > > Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Display locally stored html webpage using webview
Thanks Guitouille. In that case, what URL string do I give to webview's loadUrl(url) method? On Jan 14, 11:29 am, Guitouille wrote: > In fact your test.gif has to be in the assets folder in order to be > visible. > > Guitouille > > On 14 jan, 16:42, tikky wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I have a locally stored webpage (html) under res/raw folder. The html > > is something like this: > > > > > > > This is a test page > > > > > > > > > > > There is an image that is referenced in this html page (test.gif) > > which is stored under res/drawables. > > > When I use a webview to display this page, it does not display the > > image. How can I correctly reference the path to the test.gif image? > > > I tried using a text view with Html.fromHtml() but that does not parse > > several html tags. > > > Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Display locally stored html webpage using webview
Hello, In order to do that, you have to put your html and gif file in the assets directory. Guitouille On 14 jan, 16:42, tikky wrote: > Hello, > > I have a locally stored webpage (html) under res/raw folder. The html > is something like this: > > > > This is a test page > > > > > > There is an image that is referenced in this html page (test.gif) > which is stored under res/drawables. > > When I use a webview to display this page, it does not display the > image. How can I correctly reference the path to the test.gif image? > > I tried using a text view with Html.fromHtml() but that does not parse > several html tags. > > Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Display locally stored html webpage using webview
And because I have read your question too fast, you have to put your html file in the assets directory too Guitouille On 14 jan, 16:42, tikky wrote: > Hello, > > I have a locally stored webpage (html) under res/raw folder. The html > is something like this: > > > > This is a test page > > > > > > There is an image that is referenced in this html page (test.gif) > which is stored under res/drawables. > > When I use a webview to display this page, it does not display the > image. How can I correctly reference the path to the test.gif image? > > I tried using a text view with Html.fromHtml() but that does not parse > several html tags. > > Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
