Android WebView shows a blank page

Question

Trying to create a WebView but it only shows a blank/white page. I have followed several examples and they all say that work with this code...

Here is my code:

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebView;

public class PostenWebView extends Activity {

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.web_view);
        WebView webview = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
        webview.loadUrl("http://www.google.com");
    }
}

And here is the web_view.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">
    <WebView 
        android:id="@+id/webview"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    />
</LinearLayout>

I am having this problem too. My code: mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.web_view); mWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); mWebView.getSettings().setSavePassword(false); url="http://www.google.com"; mWebView.loadUrl(url); Doesn't show the web page until after an orientation change. Then the page shows up fine. — Richard, Jul 07 '10 at 17:07
Same problem here. Doesn't show the web page until an orientation change or clicking the webview. Then the page shows up fine. Any solution for this! — user4500, Apr 04 '13 at 13:43
It could be that while you want to load www.google.com the actual URL is different(I tried myself www.google.com in the browser and final URL is slightly different). There is a known bug that will not allow a webview to load URL's with parameters. There is also a fix. I could not get it working though. Sorry I can not find the relevant links. I found the problem a while ago. — bboydflo, Nov 19 '13 at 12:52

score 16 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 02 '10 at 17:39

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You need to enable Javascript (.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true)), or choose a Web page that does not rely upon Javascript.

answered Apr 02 '10 at 17:39

CommonsWare

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i am trying to read header of gmail account using http://stackoverflow.com/a/3134609/336990 , but final htmlContent which i am getting not able to load in web view ..showing me blank screen, if same html data file i run on browser it showing me to choose my mail account for allow acceess...why it showing blank screen in emulator – CoDe May 23 '12 at 12:15
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The problem doesn't depend on Javascript being enabled – miniBill Sep 26 '12 at 08:32

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 02 '10 at 17:23

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You have to add the permission to your AndroidManifest.xml file.

<uses-permission
        android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>

answered Apr 02 '10 at 17:23

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Alreade done that... I use internet in several other activities in my application and they are working just fine, so that can't be what's making it show a blank page... :/ – Sara Apr 02 '10 at 17:28
I don't know anything else other than this. Make sure you have 3G icon the taskbar. If you do this in emulator restart it a couple of times to get it there. – Pentium10 Apr 02 '10 at 17:32

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 22 '16 at 19:15

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It's works fine for me

WebView webView = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webView);

webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
    @Override
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
        view.loadUrl(url);
        return false;
    }
});

webView.loadUrl("http://www.google.com");

Good Luck!

edited Mar 22 '16 at 19:15

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answered Oct 09 '15 at 11:25

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered May 26 '15 at 10:13

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Use webview.setLayerType(WebView.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null); method

answered May 26 '15 at 10:13

Jaya

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You save my day! Thanks. – Alican Temel Dec 28 '15 at 09:22
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What was the problem and how comes this fixes it? – speedynomads Feb 12 '16 at 09:29
Well, what it's doing is changing the way that the renderer renders the page, in this case, use a software renderer (the cpu), why that actually helps anything I have no idea. – Trevor Hart Feb 03 '17 at 06:21

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 28 '10 at 06:19

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You might be getting redirected.. just install a webviewclient allong with you web view :)

answered Sep 28 '10 at 06:19

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 08 '20 at 09:24

in my case loading google.com worked but my login page returned a completely white page. Adding this fixed it:

            WebSettings webSettings = webView.getSettings();
            webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

            webSettings.setDatabaseEnabled(true);
            webSettings.setDomStorageEnabled(true);
            String databasePath = webView.getContext().getDir("databases", Context.MODE_PRIVATE).getPath();
            webSettings.setDatabasePath(databasePath);

score -3 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 28 '11 at 17:29

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The quick and dirty solution can be when your android app get started set the background colour according to web view eg i am using black colour so myWebView.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#000000"));

answered Feb 28 '11 at 17:29

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This is not a solution to her problem – miniBill Sep 08 '12 at 14:59

score -4 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 07 '11 at 14:15

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if you try to load a HTTPS URL (e.g. Foursquare authentication URL) do not forget to call

webview.clearSslPreferences();

before trying to load that

answered Oct 07 '11 at 14:15

Ayreon

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She is not trying to load an https url. And blindly using `clearSslPreferences` is recipe for disaster – miniBill Sep 08 '12 at 14:58
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What if we are loading a https website, is this useful? What problems could it cause? – speedynomads Feb 12 '16 at 09:30

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