Creating android apps using webView to display website through given String URL.

Webview is a type of frame layout used to display websites using given string url format. That means app developer can pass any url( Universe resource locator ) through string variable and it will open that webpage on activity screen. So here is the complete step by step tutorial for Android WebView example tutorial.

Android WebView example tutorial.

Note: Webview used internet connection to display webpage so add internet permission inside AndroidManifest.xml file.
 <uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.INTERNET” />

Code for MainActivity.java file.

 package com.android_examples.com.webviewexample;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebSettings;
import android.webkit.WebView;


public class MainActivity extends Activity {

 WebView webview;
 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
 
 webview = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webView1);
 WebSettings webSetting = webview.getSettings();
 webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
 
 //define your website url here which you want to open in webview.
 webview.loadUrl("https://www.android-examples.com");
 }

 private class WebViewClient extends android.webkit.WebViewClient
 {
 @Override
 public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) 
 {
 return super.shouldOverrideUrlLoading(view, url);
 }
 }
 
}

Code for activity_main.xml layout file.

 <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
 android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
 android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
 android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
 tools:context="com.android_examples.com.webviewexample.MainActivity"
 >

 <WebView
 android:id="@+id/webView1"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

 

Code for AndroidManifest.xml file.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 package="com.android_examples.com.webviewexample"
 android:versionCode="1"
 android:versionName="1.0" >

 <uses-sdk
 android:minSdkVersion="8"
 android:targetSdkVersion="21" />

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
 
 <application
 android:allowBackup="true"
 android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
 android:label="@string/app_name"
 android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
 <activity
 android:name=".MainActivity"
 android:label="@string/app_name" >
 <intent-filter>
 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
 </intent-filter>
 </activity>
 </application>

</manifest>

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