Introduction
CustomWebView is an extended form of web viewer with more customization and flexibility (For MIT AI2 and its distros)
Latest Version : 12
Required Api : 21
Permissions: android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE,android.permission.ACCESS_DOWNLOAD_MANAGER,android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION,android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO, android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS, android.permission.CAMERA,android.permission.VIBRATE,android.webkit.resource.VIDEO_CAPTURE,android.webkit.resource.AUDIO_CAPTURE,android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
Features
- More customization options than normal web viewer
- Long Click event
- New window request event
- Close window request event
- Load local files and content using Html and Js
- Find words and phrases in webview
- Evaluate Js and get result
- Upload files to websites
- Error occurred event
- Get output from console
- Form Resubmission event
- Get content height
- Get SSL Certificate of website
- Get/Set cookies for particular url
- Event for permission(s) request and grant permission(s) manually
- Print web content
- A wide range of tools for working with JavaScript
- Accepts external links/Adds your app in browsers list when you use
BrowserPromptHelperextension - Download files using built-in
DownloadHelperadd-on - Scroll Changed event and function to scroll to particular position
- Create and Remove webviews dynamically
- Ad blocker
- Full screen video feature (OnShowCustomView and OnHideCustomView)
- Pause and Resume webview
- Get internal history
- Create webpage shortcuts
- Download offline pages and load them without internet connection
FAQ
Will disabling
DeepLinkproperty not add my app in browsers list?
Ans:- No, that’s entirely a different thing.It specifies whether deep urls (such astel:,whatsapp:) should open respective apps or not.
What is BrowserPromptHelper extension?
Ans:- It is an helper class/extension which you can use if you want to add your app in browsers list.
How can I set a screen name as activity to be launched after clicking external link?
Ans:- You have two methods to do that-
i) Change activity name fromBrowserPromptHelperclass manually and compile the sources.
ii) Get extension from here: CustomWebView extension generator
Reference Links
1.WebView Docs (Click here)
2.MIT AI2 Community (Click here)
3.Kodular Community (Click here)