WebView will not scroll on some devices without long touch

Question

I have a WebView set up as below:

    //the web view
    _mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);

    //push the url on to the web view
    _mWebView.loadUrl(buildURL.toString());

    //make the view transparent to get rid of white box while loading
    _mWebView.setBackgroundColor(0x00000000);

    //_mWebView.bringToFront();
    //_mWebView.requestFocus();
    //_mWebView.requestFocusFromTouch();

On some phones when the view has loaded it will scroll fine but on my device, Sensation Xe running 4.0.3, the view does not scroll. If I do a long touch on the view it selects some text and will then scroll normally. This is annoying as it will not be obvious to do this to the end user. I have tried a few things as outlined above, any suggestions?

Thanks.

Hi Scott, did you find a solution to this? – Abramodj Feb 13 '13 at 10:40 — Abramodj, Feb 13 '13 at 10:40
I have the same problem on Galaxy S3 Mini. Any solution? – mdikici Sep 11 '13 at 12:41 — mdikici, Sep 11 '13 at 12:41
I never resolved it sorry. – Scott Helme Sep 11 '13 at 12:59 — Scott Helme, Sep 11 '13 at 12:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '12 at 11:30

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add this line in your code, may be this help you try it,

_mWebView.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(true);

answered May 24 '12 at 11:30

user1208720

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Hi, thanks for the suggestion. I have tried that and it didn't help :-( Once the WebView has loaded it still will not scroll until I do a long touch on it and select some text. – Scott Helme May 24 '12 at 11:57

WebView will not scroll on some devices without long touch

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