Java android.webkit WebView fields, constructors, methods, implement or subclass

Introduction

In this page you can find the methods, fields and constructors for android.webkit WebView.

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Subclass

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Field

String	SCHEME_TEL URI scheme for telephone number.
String	SCHEME_MAILTO URI scheme for email address.

Constructor

	WebView(Context context) Constructs a new WebView with an Activity Context object.

Method

void	addJavascriptInterface(Object object, String name) Injects the supplied Java object into this WebView.
void	buildDrawingCache() Calling this method is equivalent to calling `buildDrawingCache(false)`.
boolean	canGoBack() Gets whether this WebView has a back history item.
boolean	canGoForward() Gets whether this WebView has a forward history item.
Picture	capturePicture() Gets a new picture that captures the current contents of this WebView.
void	clearCache(boolean includeDiskFiles) Clears the resource cache.
void	clearFormData() Removes the autocomplete popup from the currently focused form field, if present.
void	clearHistory() Tells this WebView to clear its internal back/forward list.
void	clearMatches() Clears the highlighting surrounding text matches created by #findAllAsync .
void	clearView() Clears this WebView so that onDraw() will draw nothing but white background, and onMeasure() will return 0 if MeasureSpec is not MeasureSpec.EXACTLY.
WebBackForwardList	copyBackForwardList() Gets the WebBackForwardList for this WebView.
PrintDocumentAdapter	createPrintDocumentAdapter()
PrintDocumentAdapter	createPrintDocumentAdapter(String documentName) Creates a PrintDocumentAdapter that provides the content of this WebView for printing.
void	destroy() Destroys the internal state of this WebView.
void	destroyDrawingCache() Frees the resources used by the drawing cache.
void	disablePlatformNotifications() Disables platform notifications of data state and proxy changes.
void	draw(Canvas canvas) Manually render this view (and all of its children) to the given Canvas.
void	enablePlatformNotifications() Enables platform notifications of data state and proxy changes.
void	enableSlowWholeDocumentDraw() For apps targeting the L release, WebView has a new default behavior that reduces memory footprint and increases performance by intelligently choosing the portion of the HTML document that needs to be drawn.
void	evaluateJavascript(String script, @Nullable ValueCallback resultCallback) Asynchronously evaluates JavaScript in the context of the currently displayed page.
String	findAddress(String addr) Gets the first substring consisting of the address of a physical location.
void	findAllAsync(String find) Finds all instances of find on the page and highlights them, asynchronously.
T	findViewById(@IdRes int id) Finds the first descendant view with the given ID, the view itself if the ID matches #getId() , or null if the ID is invalid (< 0) or there is no matching view in the hierarchy.
Drawable	getBackground() Gets the background drawable
SslCertificate	getCertificate() Gets the SSL certificate for the main top-level page or null if there is no certificate (the site is not secure).
Class	getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object .
int	getContentHeight() Gets the height of the HTML content.
Context	getContext() Returns the context the view is running in, through which it can access the current theme, resources, etc.
Bitmap	getDrawingCache() Calling this method is equivalent to calling `getDrawingCache(false)`.
Handler	getHandler()
int	getHeight() Return the height of your view.
HitTestResult	getHitTestResult() Gets a HitTestResult based on the current cursor node.
String[]	getHttpAuthUsernamePassword(String host, String realm) Retrieves HTTP authentication credentials for a given host and realm from the WebViewDatabase instance.
int	getId() Returns this view's identifier.
int	getLayerType() Indicates what type of layer is currently associated with this view.
ViewGroup.LayoutParams	getLayoutParams() Get the LayoutParams associated with this view.
int	getMeasuredHeight() Like #getMeasuredHeightAndState() , but only returns the raw height component (that is the result is masked by #MEASURED_SIZE_MASK ).
int	getMeasuredWidth() Like #getMeasuredWidthAndState() , but only returns the raw width component (that is the result is masked by #MEASURED_SIZE_MASK ).
String	getOriginalUrl() Gets the original URL for the current page.
ViewParent	getParent() Gets the parent of this view.
PluginList	getPluginList() Gets the list of currently loaded plugins.
Resources	getResources() Returns the resources associated with this view.
float	getScale() Gets the current scale of this WebView.
int	getScrollY() Return the scrolled top position of this view.
WebSettings	getSettings() Gets the WebSettings object used to control the settings for this WebView.
Object	getTag() Returns this view's tag.
String	getTitle() Gets the title for the current page.
String	getUrl() Gets the URL for the current page.
int	getWidth() Return the width of your view.
void	goBack() Goes back in the history of this WebView.
void	goForward() Goes forward in the history of this WebView.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object.
void	invalidate() Invalidate the whole view.
boolean	isFocusable() Returns whether this View is currently able to take focus.
boolean	isFocusableInTouchMode() When a view is focusable, it may not want to take focus when in touch mode.
boolean	isShown() Returns the visibility of this view and all of its ancestors
void	layout(int l, int t, int r, int b)
void	loadData(String data, @Nullable String mimeType, @Nullable String encoding) Loads the given data into this WebView using a 'data' scheme URL.
void	loadDataWithBaseURL(@Nullable String baseUrl, String data, @Nullable String mimeType, @Nullable String encoding, @Nullable String historyUrl) Loads the given data into this WebView, using baseUrl as the base URL for the content.
void	loadUrl(String url) Loads the given URL.
void	loadUrl(String url, Map additionalHttpHeaders) Loads the given URL with the specified additional HTTP headers.
void	measure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) This is called to find out how big a view should be.
boolean	onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event)
boolean	post(Runnable action) Causes the Runnable to be added to the message queue.
void	postUrl(String url, byte[] postData) Loads the URL with postData using "POST" method into this WebView.
void	reload() Reloads the current URL.
void	removeAllViews() Call this method to remove all child views from the ViewGroup.
void	removeJavascriptInterface(@NonNull String name) Removes a previously injected Java object from this WebView.
boolean	requestFocus(int direction) Call this to try to give focus to a specific view or to one of its descendants and give it a hint about what direction focus is heading.
void	requestFocusNodeHref(@Nullable Message hrefMsg) Requests the anchor or image element URL at the last tapped point.
void	requestLayout() Call this when something has changed which has invalidated the layout of this view.
WebBackForwardList	restoreState(Bundle inState) Restores the state of this WebView from the given Bundle.
WebBackForwardList	saveState(Bundle outState) Saves the state of this WebView used in android.app.Activity#onSaveInstanceState .
void	saveWebArchive(String filename) Saves the current view as a web archive.
void	scrollTo(int x, int y) Set the scrolled position of your view.
void	setBackgroundColor(int color)
void	setClickable(boolean clickable) Enables or disables click events for this view.
void	setDownloadListener(DownloadListener listener) Registers the interface to be used when content can not be handled by the rendering engine, and should be downloaded instead.
void	setDrawingCacheEnabled(boolean enabled) Enables or disables the drawing cache.
void	setEnabled(boolean enabled) Set the enabled state of this view.
void	setFindListener(FindListener listener) Registers the listener to be notified as find-on-page operations progress.
void	setFocusable(boolean focusable) Set whether this view can receive the focus.
void	setFocusableInTouchMode(boolean focusableInTouchMode) Set whether this view can receive focus while in touch mode.
void	setHorizontalScrollBarEnabled(boolean horizontalScrollBarEnabled) Define whether the horizontal scrollbar should be drawn or not.
void	setHttpAuthUsernamePassword(String host, String realm, String username, String password) Stores HTTP authentication credentials for a given host and realm to the WebViewDatabase instance.
void	setInitialScale(int scaleInPercent) Sets the initial scale for this WebView.
void	setLayerType(int layerType, Paint paint)
void	setLayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams params)
void	setLongClickable(boolean longClickable) Enables or disables long click events for this view.
void	setMinimumWidth(int minWidth) Sets the minimum width of the view.
void	setNetworkAvailable(boolean networkUp) Informs WebView of the network state.
void	setOnKeyListener(OnKeyListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when a hardware key is pressed in this view.
void	setOnLongClickListener(@Nullable OnLongClickListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when this view is clicked and held.
void	setOnTouchListener(OnTouchListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when a touch event is sent to this view.
void	setOverScrollMode(int mode)
void	setPadding(int left, int top, int right, int bottom) Sets the padding.
void	setPictureListener(PictureListener listener) Sets the Picture listener.
void	setScrollbarFadingEnabled(boolean fadeScrollbars) Define whether scrollbars will fade when the view is not scrolling.
void	setScrollBarStyle(int style)
void	setScrollContainer(boolean isScrollContainer) Change whether this view is one of the set of scrollable containers in its window.
void	setSystemUiVisibility(int visibility) Request that the visibility of the status bar or other screen/window decorations be changed.
void	setTag(final Object tag) Sets the tag associated with this view.
void	setTag(int key, final Object tag) Sets a tag associated with this view and a key.
void	setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(boolean verticalScrollBarEnabled) Define whether the vertical scrollbar should be drawn or not.
void	setVisibility(@Visibility int visibility) Set the visibility state of this view.
void	setWebChromeClient(WebChromeClient client) Sets the chrome handler.
void	setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(boolean enabled) Enables debugging of web contents (HTML / CSS / JavaScript) loaded into any WebViews of this application.
void	setWebViewClient(WebViewClient client) Sets the WebViewClient that will receive various notifications and requests.
void	setWillNotCacheDrawing(boolean willNotCacheDrawing) When a View's drawing cache is enabled, drawing is redirected to an offscreen bitmap.
void	stopLoading() Stops the current load.