Updating data from remote server in android webview

Question

I have an app which uses android webview for the local html files stored in assets folder. I was wondering if it is possible to update the local html file without updating the app

Answer 1

You have to take little different approach to do this. If you keep html file in your asset folder you can't update it. What I have done is I placed the html file in database folder where you can update it programmatically.

Step 1. You cannot place the file while building the app, you can download the html file in a zip format when the app is launched and extract it in database folder.

Step 2. To update the file just download update zip file from the server and replace with the existing file same as Step 1.

Hope this helps. I have done the same for my project and it's working like a charm.