How to set cookie in Android WebView

Question

I am facing issues with setting cookie in Android WebView. I am using the following code:

CookieSyncManager.createInstance(this); 
CookieManager cookieManager = CookieManager.getInstance(); 
cookieManager.removeAllCookie();    
cookieManager.setAcceptCookie(true);
cookieManager.setCookie(url, cookie); 
CookieSyncManager.getInstance().sync();

But it's not working. I also tried by adding headers using WebView's loadUrl(String url, Map<String, String> additionalHttpHeaders) method; but still it's not working. Is there a way to do this?

Assuming you're trying to pass a cookie from DefaultHttpClient to the WebView, I had the exact same problem yesterday and tried what you tried. This isn't a direct answer to your question, but ultimately what worked for me was fetching the content with DefaultHttpClient and passing the result to the WebView via webView.loadData(htmlString, "text/html", "UTF-8");. Of course this isn't ideal, but is a good enough workaround for now. — ErikR, Aug 02 '13 at 16:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 02 '13 at 15:54

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Please try this

Cookie sessionCookie = LoginWebView.cookie;
CookieSyncManager.createInstance(webview.this);
CookieManager cookieManager = CookieManager.getInstance();
if (sessionCookie != null) {
    cookieManager.removeSessionCookie();
    String cookieString = sessionCookie.getName();
    Log.v(TAG, "sync cookies: " + cookieString);
    cookieManager.setCookie(domain, cookieString);
    CookieSyncManager.getInstance().sync();
}

edited Aug 02 '13 at 15:54

Jeremy Logan

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answered May 29 '13 at 09:27

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I tried that but still not working. I even added Thread.sleep() for giving some time for cookie manager to set and remove cookies but it didn't work. – althaf_tvm Jun 03 '13 at 06:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 02 '16 at 20:37

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The CookieSyncManager is deprecated now, instead use cookieManager.flush(); to update. See this: http://developer.android.com/intl/es/reference/android/webkit/CookieSyncManager.html

answered Mar 02 '16 at 20:37

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