Android Webview - XML?

Question

Is there a way to define a webview in the layout xml rather than in the code.

And if so how? Or is it recommended that it's coded in to an activity?

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 02 '12 at 14:34

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Yes as above use the WebView tag:

<WebView android:id="@+id/webview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="50dip"/>

A sample application can be found here: http://www.androiddom.com/2011/04/creating-android-calculator-tutorial.html

The author creates a calculator that uses the WebView which is specified in the main.xml layout.

answered Aug 02 '12 at 14:34

Lucian

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what of webview androidx xml? – CanCoder Nov 07 '19 at 16:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 02 '12 at 14:30

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Yes, use the <WebView /> tag to do this in the xml layout.

answered Aug 02 '12 at 14:30

prolink007

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Great, can I set the url by the xml too? – panthro Aug 02 '12 at 14:33
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I do not believe you can. Here is another post with a similar question. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5219794/how-to-set-url-on-webview-from-a-xml-layout-file-on-android – prolink007 Aug 02 '12 at 14:36

amine · Answer 3 · 2016-08-19T11:36:22.447

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and in your code type this :

WebView wv = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
wv.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
        view.loadUrl(url);
        return true;
    }
});
wv.loadUrl("your url here");

edited Aug 19 '16 at 11:36

answered Aug 18 '16 at 22:29

amine

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What is the `shouldOverrideUrlLoading` method used for? – winklerrr May 14 '17 at 15:31

Android Webview - XML?

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