If you’re new to Android development, you may be wondering what a webview is and how to use it in your app. So, in this post, I will tell you about what a WebView is and how you can use it in your android project. So, without further ado, let’s get started!
What is Android WebView?
A webview is an android view that allows you to display a web page within your app.
In simple words, if you want a simple way to display a web page within your app then you can use Android WebView.
How to use Android WebView?
Don’t forget to include Internet uses-permission in your manifest file, otherwisw you would end up getting “webpage not available” error.
Include the below line in your manifest file just before the <application> tag.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
Now, let’s add webview in xml layout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<WebView
android:id="@+id/webview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
Now, I will load google.com when our app starts. Let’s do this in our MainActivity.
package com.example.webview_example;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebView;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
WebView webView = findViewById(R.id.webview);
webView.loadUrl("https://www.google.com/");
}
}
Output :
That’s how you can display a webpage within your app.
Goodbye.
DeveloperXon 
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