Android Question webbrowser

[steele2012]

Can you help me
How to show website via url on the device

 

[drgottjr]

if you want a browser:

    Dim i As Intent
    i.Initialize(i.ACTION_VIEW, "https://www.google.com")
    StartActivity(i)

if you want a webview:

dim webview1 as webview
webview.initialize("wv")
activity.addview(webview1,0%x,0%x,100%x,100%y)
webview.loadurl("https://www.google.com")

 

[steele2012]

Thank you drgottjr
I have been trying to do this for 5 days Amazing

 

[steele2012]

How would you do the zoom out so it will fit the screen

 

[steele2012]

how would i adapt this setting to the new way WebView Settings.set Default Zoom(WebView1, "FAR")

 

[drgottjr]

How would you do the zoom out so it will fit the screen

normally you add:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">

to the <head> region of your html.
you can also use css to set the body width (100%).
this, of course, only works if you're creating your own html content. if you're just using a webview to browse public websites, you should know that 1) the hard work has already been done for you with chrome, and 2) webview is only a subset of a browser. there are functions which work in a real browser that do not work in a webview.

as for webviewsettings, you include the webviewsettings library in your project and initialize it after initializing your webview. (note: this setting is deprecated, so if it still works, it could un-work whenever google updates the view,which is a few times a year). in any case, my understanding is that it is tied to screen density. i believe it would be an effort to ensure a similar viewing experience of your content across devices with varying screen sizes. i do not believe this means you necessarily see the page fitting the screen. i'm pretty sure that is controlled by the instructions mentioned above.

since i don't know what your intentions are regarding webview, there's not much more to say. except a webview is not a browser.

 

[Erel]

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[steele2012]

Thanks drgottjr for that info,I thought webview was web browser like in visual studio, learn something new every day
I just want a simple webbrowser to show a webpage from my website for my taxs reports

 

[drgottjr]

have you tried:

dim webview1 as webview
webview.initialize("wv")
activity.addview(webview1,0%x,0%x,100%x,100%y)
webview.loadurl("https://www.steele2012website.com/page_with_tax_info.html")   ' <----- real url goes here

what do you get?

can you add:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">

just below the <!DOCTYPE html> header line in your html document?

giving us the url would be nice so we could see for ourselves what it looks like in a webview, but, presumably, you don't want sensitive personal data plastered all over the forum, so i realize that may not be possible. anyway, load the page from your site into a webview, and report back.

 

[steele2012]

Thanks mate just the same, i got a bootleg builder with webpage response thast's done the trick
Thanks to all you guys