getting Error "403 forbidden access is denied" android

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Iam trying to open one website url on the webview.But iam getting Error "403 forbidden access is denied".How fix this issue? Iam using the wifi connection and i also written internet permission in the manifest file. Like this How to solve this issue? Thanks for any help.

Paste the `AndroidManifest` here, as well as the code you use to open the page (Only that part). — g00dy, Jul 22 '13 at 12:33
This answer gives a good hint about ssl and webviews: http://stackoverflow.com/a/5978391/891479 — L. G., Jul 22 '13 at 12:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 10 '18 at 05:52

For anyone having the same issue in 2018. Try the below code and read my explanation.

There are few possible reasons about why you can get the 403 Forbidden error. I have identified 2 of them.

It is an SSL issue.
Your User Agent is blocked by the website.

Here is how you set the SSL configurations. Here the newsWebView is a WebView.

newsWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
                public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
                    view.loadUrl(url);
                    return true;
                }

                public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
                }

                public void onReceivedError(WebView view, int errorCode, String description, String failingUrl) {
                }

                public void onReceivedSslError(final WebView view, final SslErrorHandler handler, final SslError error) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                    super.onReceivedSslError(view, handler, error);
                    handler.proceed();
                }
            });

This is how you set the User Agent. I am setting the Google Chrome agent, the one we normally find in our phones.

newsWebView.getSettings().setUserAgentString("Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; <Android Version>; <Build Tag etc.>) AppleWebKit/<WebKit Rev> (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/<Chrome Rev> Mobile Safari/<WebKit Rev>");

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '13 at 12:33

-1

Try Adding this code on your Web Client:

 public void onReceivedSslError(final WebView view, final SslErrorHandler handler, final SslError error) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                super.onReceivedSslError(view, handler, error);
                handler.proceed();
            }

It will allow webview to load the page , in case of SSL error with website

answered Jul 22 '13 at 12:33

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It is working now, but webview asking like Complete action using Browser, Opera Mini? – joe Jul 22 '13 at 13:07
How to open the url directly? – joe Jul 22 '13 at 13:08
How to open the url on the default browser? – joe Jul 22 '13 at 13:10
You should set webview client for your webview. – Nargis Jul 23 '13 at 04:56
To open url in default browser, opem google chrome or opera mini browser and paste the url, it shall open it. – Nargis Jul 23 '13 at 04:57
This answer need more explanation. – PeakGen May 10 '18 at 04:56

getting Error "403 forbidden access is denied" android

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