Android WebView isn't scrollable

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My Android WebView isn't scrollable.

XML Code:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/screen"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#87cefa"
android:gravity="left"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<WebView
    android:id="@+id/webView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

I'm loading the Website with the normal webview.loadUrl(url); function and sometimes with the webview.loadDataWithBaseURL("", htmlContent, "text/html", "UTF-8", ""); function, both of them display the page, but they are not scrollable

Init:

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); webview = (WebView)this.findViewById(R.id.webView); webview.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(true); webview.setHorizontalScrollBarEnabled(true);

Loading:

            webview.loadUrl(url);
            [either one of them or the other]
    webview.loadDataWithBaseURL("", htmlContent, "text/html", "UTF-8", "");

Put webView into a linear layout and set orientation to vertical, Scrolling will be enabled. — saopayne, Jan 03 '14 at 18:41
possible duplicate of [Android WebView Scrollable](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6253444/android-webview-scrollable) — Nathaniel D. Waggoner, Jan 03 '14 at 18:43

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 24 '16 at 04:21

I have found a solution for this, All you need is to put WebView definition in "

layout/content_my.xml

" not in "activity_my.xml"

<WebView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/webView"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

And inside the MyActivity.java

    WebView webview = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webView);
    webview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/index.html");
    webview.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(true);
    webview.setHorizontalScrollBarEnabled(true);

Exactly what the answer should be. Thanks! – goelakash Apr 26 '16 at 13:22 — goelakash, Apr 26 '16 at 13:22

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '14 at 20:03

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Don't use wrap_content for your height. If your WebView has the same height as its content, then there's never anything to scroll as obviously the content all fits by definition (though given you're loading content dynamically this may not be exactly what's happening). Try setting the height to match_parent or a fixed value.

answered Jan 03 '14 at 20:03

kabuko

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sounds logical, but also doesn't help, i still can't move it around – Abascus Jan 03 '14 at 20:29

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 29 '16 at 07:42

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I had some other elements in my relative layout, which I switched to invisible. This made my webview not scrollable. My solution was:

relativelayout.removeallchilds();
relativelayout.addchild(webview);
relativelayout.addchild(overlaybutton);

edited May 29 '16 at 07:42

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answered May 28 '16 at 19:04

Matthias Huber

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possibly you have to use: `webview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);` and i also used `setContentView(webview);` – Matthias Huber Jul 10 '18 at 15:46

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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I've posted this as a comment as I think this may be a duplicate, but I would look at this question:

Android WebView Scrollable

Which provides a few calls which I believe will solve this issue.

Another issue:

Try changing your webview from "Wrap Content" to some specific height. Then set the scrollables.

Try something like 300dp and go from there.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Jan 03 '14 at 18:44

Nathaniel D. Waggoner

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Didn't help, still the same result :( – Abascus Jan 03 '14 at 19:36
Also see the docs: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html – Nathaniel D. Waggoner Jan 03 '14 at 19:41
makes sense, but i still can't scroll – Abascus Jan 03 '14 at 20:29

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 24 '17 at 05:57

Hey I had the Same Problem with webview. It was not scrolling even with the match_parent attribute and very simple code.

The problem is not in your xml file. Its in your Java file. In java file of that activity Override onPause AND onResume methods and iclude this code

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    browser.onResume();
}

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    browser.onPause();
}

It is very important that you Pause your WebView AND then Resume it again. Hope that will solve your problem.

these require API level 11. i'm seeing this issue on API level 10. — Michael, Sep 24 '17 at 00:58

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 13 '22 at 10:10

I was able to get my web view to scroll by adding

simpleWebView = findViewById(R.id.simpleWebView);

//setting the webView client to a new webview client 
simpleWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());

//and Enabling JavaScript
simpleWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

I would not advise Enabling JavaScript because Using setJavaScriptEnabled can introduce XSS vulnerabilities into your application and this just means if your web site is vulnerable malicious JavaScript can be returned to your users.

When the malicious code executes inside your users browser, the attacker can compromise their interaction with your application.

and I currently don't know any other way to enable JavaScript

Here's the full code I used below

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <WebView
        android:id="@+id/simpleWebView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

</LinearLayout>

And inside the MyActivity.java

simpleWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());

simpleWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

simpleWebView.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(true);

simpleWebView.setHorizontalScrollBarEnabled(true);

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 04 '23 at 17:58

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You must be using a scrollview, remove that scrollview and your webview will start scrolling.

answered Jun 04 '23 at 17:58

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score -1 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 08 '18 at 05:53

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add this line and it will start working

webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

Hope, this solves your problem?

answered Jun 08 '18 at 05:53

Yashaswi Bharadwaj

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