Android Question can webbrowser used as a chatbox ?

[Addo]

i am planing to do a chatbox like whatsapp that supports animated gifs and some html tags

but also i am looking for a way to do it without lagging that can be caused by webbrowser

the html of chat box will load a style css in the header.

and i dont want to load that css each time message arrived

is there a way to set webbrowser header with a style file from local folder and append html tags without reloading ?

 

[MarkusR]

you can add/replace html page parts by id or class name via javascript & jquery.
css should be a separate file(s).

 

[Addo]

I can use append using Javascript hmmm this is an idea

I was looking for built in way from webbrowser directly

 

[MarkusR]

here is a example with a replace but you can also add new content.
it calls a url and the return is new content as example someone answered.
myself used a database to chat also offline. (web hosting with mysql & php)
https://aiocollective.com/blog/refresh-content-automatically-after-some-period-time-jquery/

 

[KZero]

you can but it will be bit heavier and laggy, use custom listview instead

 

[Addo]

you can but it will be bit heavier and laggy, use custom listview instead

Can clv load animated gifs?

 

[Brandsum]

you can use a html template having an div with a specific id that will contain chat messages.

Now you can use any websocket library like mqtt, socket.io, websocket etc to get real-time data.

So when you get any new message you can add that message using JavaScript append function.

 

[Erel]

xCLV can include any layout you like.

Including: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/82104/#content