Android Question Display Help Message

John Woodsmall · Jan 8, 2015

I need to display a help screen on the top of my main page.
what is the best way to do this without building an external webpage?
I have tried labels and buttons and listview and scrollviews.

Eumel · Jan 8, 2015

I put a little html page in DirAssets, and open it with a webview.

John Woodsmall · Jan 8, 2015

ok great!, is there a tutorial showing how to put this web page into the "DirAssets"?
and the syntacts as to how to open it as a url under webview?

sorex · Jan 8, 2015

John Woodsmall said:
is there a tutorial showing how to put this web page into the "DirAssets"?

that is placing the file in the files folder or using the files tab to add the file.

John Woodsmall · Jan 8, 2015

No, i need to know how to place this file on the device so that it can be read by the program.
I assume that somehow the text for the html web page that I create has to be compiled into the program
that I send out? So that it can be later be read by the program.
or is there another method for getting on to the target device?
In other words how do I write to "DirAssets" as apart of the install for the program?

sorex · Jan 8, 2015

it gets inserted into the package when you compile your project.

just like you add an image to your project.

John Woodsmall · Jan 8, 2015

ok...getting it.( as I read back over this thread...I seem stupid to myself)

1.) I go to designer and click on add files
2.) I select a html page from the files directory and select it as if it were an image.
3.) those images and pages(html) that I have selected get compiled with program and therefore installed on the device.
4.) ok
How do I call it from (put it into the url string) for webview? something like url="localhost\DirAssets"
(boy you must be real patient!)

sorex · Jan 8, 2015

not the designer, in the main B4A screen where you have at the bottom right Libs, Log, ... you have also a Files tab.

you can add it there.

an easier method is copying it to the files folder yourself and press the SYNC button in the Files panel.

hang on a minute, I'll try it out so that I can give you working code.

sorex · Jan 8, 2015

this works if your file is named test.html

B4X:

WebView1.LoadUrl("file:///android_asset/test.html")

udg · Jan 8, 2015

And, before you ask (yep, this forum is populated by knowledgeble programmers and mentalists alike eheh), you can deploy a CSS file along the HMTL one for a better user experience.
Put both in the same folder as suggested above and be sure to refer to your CSS file in the <head> section of your HMTL code, like this:

B4X:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="yourspecific.css" />

udg

John Woodsmall · Jan 8, 2015

WebView3
.LoadUrl(file:///android_asset/General_Info.html)
nothing shows...say can not find it...?

Mahares · Jan 8, 2015

@john:
I think you need to make sure the file name is all lower case (no capital letters)

@udg:

udg said:
And, before you ask (yep, this forum is populated by knowledgeble programmers and mentalists alike eheh), you can deploy a CSS file along the HMTL one for a better user experience.
Put both in the same folder as suggested above and be sure to refer to your CSS file in the <head> section of your HMTL code, like this

Can you post a small css file and example as your method sounds interesting.

sorex · Jan 8, 2015

not sure if it needs to be lowercase to work but the system is case sensitive.

@Mahares : something like

B4X:

body {
        background-color:white;
        font-family:Arial,Sans-Serif;
        color:black;
        font-size:12px;
}

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