Kotlin Android WebView
Android WebView is a view component which displays the web pages in the application. It uses a WebKit engine to show the web pages. The android.webkit.WebView class is the subclass of AbsoluteLayout class.
The loadUrl() and loadData() methods of WebView are used to load and display the web pages. To learn more about Android WebView go to https://tutoraspire.com/android-webview-example
There are different ways to load the web page in WebView such as:
Load the HTML content as a string in the class:
Load the web page (.html, .jsp, etc.) from within the application. In such case, web pages are placed in assets directory.
Load the web URL inside WebView as:
Kotlin Android WebView Example
In this example, we will load the web URL in the WebView component and override the URL.
Directory structure
activity_main.xml
Add the WebView component in the activity_main.xml file.
AndroidMenifest.xml
In the AndroidMenifest.xml file, add the Internet permission to connect the network connection.
MainActivity.kt
Add the following code in the MainActivity.kt class. In this class, we are using the loadUrl() method of WebView to load web URL.
Create a MyWebViewClient class that extends the WebViewClient that override the shouldOverrideUrlLoading() method.
Output:
