Android Question SOLVED - WebView won't load webpage

[Robert Valentino]

Sorry to have to report this.

I have been working on this problem https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/cannot-load-page-in-webview.162735/ (I reported yesterday) for some time.

At this point I have to believe that WebView has a bug and that is why this page doesn't load.

The page in question is "www.leaguesecretary.com".

I am sure it has something to do with all the Ads, or external references but the No natter the page should load - it loads in browsers (all I have tried) just not a WebView

BobVal

 

[alwaysbusy]

FWIW. It also does not load in Chrome or Firefox on my computer (also time-out error).

 

[Robert Valentino]

Interesting. It loads on everything I have (all Samsung devices - Internet, Google, Chrome) -

But won't load in WebView container.

 

[alwaysbusy]

I tried it on another network, and the page loads but with errors and warnings. WebView may be more sensitive than a 'normal' browser to that. We've seen pages not load in WebView we created too when we had e.g. errors in our JavaScript as the loading just breaks.

 

[drgottjr]

not much of a problem here. my swiss army webview app uses a regular webview, so i don't know what the bug is all about. maybe the site's esthetics offends it; it is by far the worst-looking site ever. if i were a webview, i would refuse to load it too. whatever. i can load it and navigate in it (as evidenced by the attached), so let's hear no more talk of bug

 

[Robert Valentino]

I agree 100% about being worst site I've ever seen.

 

[Erel]

Moved to the questions forum.

 

[drgottjr]

run the attached. one or more of the settings will allow the page to load. i borrowed them all from my webview debugging app. you don't need a webchromeclient, but if you want to see all the garbage the site is spewing, you'll need to add one. i just tested; page loads.

 

[Robert Valentino]

WOW - YOU are a Star.

Thanks, so much - do I owe you anything for this great help?

 

[drgottjr]

a bowling ball to the head to put me out of my misery will do fine, thanks.

 

[Robert Valentino]

One final note. If you are using this doSettings code in a B4XPages program you need to change the JavaObject Init From InitializeContext to just equals Me

 '-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 '    Call doSettings for fix to allow LS webpage to load
 '-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dim jo As JavaObject

' jo.InitializeContext
  jo = Me
  jo.RunMethod("doSettings",    Array(sFLS_WebView))
   '-------------------------------------------------------------------------------