EDMIG / webview

a template project for android studio

This is a template project for Android Studio that allows you to create an android webview application in minutes. You can use it to create a simple app for your website or as a starting point for your HTML5 based android app.

Getting started

Download or clone this repository and import it into Android Studio.

Using a remote source

If you want to create an app that displays the content of a remote website

1. uncomment lines 25 and 26 in MainActivity.java and replace http://example.com with your remote source

   mWebView.loadUrl("https://example.com");
   mWebView.setWebViewClient(new MyWebViewClient());

2. open the MyWebViewClient.java file and replace example.com on line 13 with your custom hostname

   if (Objects.requireNonNull(Uri.parse(url).getHost()).endsWith("example.com")) {

Using a local source

If you want to create a local HTML5 android app

1. uncomment line 29 in MainActivity.java

   mWebView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/index.html");

2. put all your files (including your index.html) in the assets directory