Why is the image not showing in android app in webview?

Question

The html code is as follows for the image :

<img src="file:///res/drawable/jobs.jpg" style="margin-left:1em; height:300px; width:300px; border-radius:50%;">

The image is located in the "drawable folder" and this html document is in the "assets" folder. The directory structure is such : App->src->main->assets; and App->src->main->res->drawable

Android - local image in webview In this link, they say that put the image file in assets folder then it would load, but if i do that, an error pops up saying that this folder can only hold .xml files.

I also tried ../drawable/jobs.jpg but that didnt work too

Even tried ../../drawable/jobs.jpg, no luck there too.

Can someone help me out here really stuck!

sorry for that delay, I guess that is probably Nougat specific, if that is the case, I will try to fix the issue, if you still need the solution. — Abdul Wahab, Mar 29 '18 at 19:19
Yes, I need the solution still, and really need it as soon as possible thank you! — Chintan Mehta, Apr 09 '18 at 16:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 21 '18 at 04:57

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Try this.

<img src="file:///android_asset/jobs.jpg" style="margin-left:1em; height:300px; width:300px; border-radius:50%;">

Put your image file in app->src->main->assets

Have your html page in the assets folder as well.

answered Mar 21 '18 at 04:57

Saikrishna Rajaraman

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Error : the file should be .xml – Chintan Mehta Mar 26 '18 at 14:52
Is your image located in assets folder? – Saikrishna Rajaraman Apr 01 '18 at 12:44
No (bcoz it says that only .xml files are allowed in assets folder ), therefore the images are stored in the drawable folder – Chintan Mehta Apr 09 '18 at 16:26
Can u post the exact error message? Also Try with .png image file. – Saikrishna Rajaraman Apr 10 '18 at 04:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '18 at 14:08

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Try to below code

web_object.loadDataWithBaseURL("file:///android_res/drawable/", "<img src='test.jpg' />", "text/html", "utf-8", null);

answered Mar 20 '18 at 14:08

Jaimin Sarvan

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The problem with this is that I have 5 other images that i need to load in the same html file, so if there's a way to do that then this can be a viable option – Chintan Mehta Mar 20 '18 at 14:39

Why is the image not showing in android app in webview?

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