Load HTML from File.DirRootExternal

[Rusty]

I need to load HTML "text" from a file stored on File.DirRootExternal.
I've successfully loaded from Asset using:

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

But I don't know the proper designation for "file:///android_external..."
Any suggestions will be welcomed.
Thanks,
Rusty

 

[NJDude]

You could do something like this:

HTML = File.GetText(File.DirRootExternal, "html.htm")
            
WebView1.LoadHtml(HTML)

 

[Rusty]

Thanks NJDude,
Originally, this is what I did. Unfortunately, loadhtml does not resolve all the "special characters" that are embedded within the html text.
When you load this html with this method, you see a lot of black diamonds with question marks embedded.
If I load using the LoadURL(... method, it works perfectly, only I need to be able to load the file from /mnt/sdcard/?? folder instead of dirassets.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Rusty

 

[Rusty]

I found this post:

http://www.b4x.com/forum/basic4android-updates-questions/18835-where-files-stored-phone.html#post108202

that explained.
I was making it too difficult and thought there was some special designation for accessing a file.
it was as simple as:

WebView1.LoadUrl("file://" & file.dirrootexternal & "/html.htm")

works fine.
Thanks for your suggetion!