Twitter not loading in a WebView

[MDEnt]

Wondering if anyone else has tried or is having a problem loading the Twitter website in a WebView. It just shows a blank page.

I have tried to regular site twitter.com and the mobile site with mobile.twitter.com with both http and https.

It loads fine in Dolphin,Firefox, for Android, etc.

Is the WebView missing something that Twitter needs to display?

 

[pluton]

Hi MDEnt

You are right. If you just go with your webview on m.twitter.com or mobile.twitter.com you will get this:

But if you set User Agent String you will get normal site

   Dim Obj1 As Reflector
   Obj1.Target = Web 'name of your webview
   Obj1.Target = Obj1.RunMethod("getSettings")
   Obj1.RunMethod2("setUserAgentString", "Android 2.2", "java.lang.String")

Don't forget to add Reflection library

 

[warwound]

You can also use my WebViewSettings library to set the user agent string.

Martin.

 

[MDEnt]

Ah nice. Thanks to both. It's my first time using a webview.

Is it recommended to set the user agent string for any webview - even if the page is already showing up correctly?

 

[warwound]

Ah nice. Thanks to both. It's my first time using a webview.

Is it recommended to set the user agent string for any webview - even if the page is already showing up correctly?

No i'd say not.
If the web page loads correctly without modifying the user agent string then no need to bother.

Martin.

 

[MDEnt]

Thanks for the info - I've now tried to do a viewbiew with linkedin's new mobile site with no luck - using the user agent - this one hangs on a blank screen - loads fine in dolphin etc. m.linkedin.com