WebView not loading local HTML in Android?

Question

I am trying to load a local html file in a WebView but it always give error new::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND I have attached the images of code I am using and the file directory. I have tried it with different directories but it didn't work.

Changed the file directory to res folder, res/raw folder. tried to load different html it does load the webvlinks

Path and the code image is here

Possible duplicate of [Load HTML file into WebView](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5749569/load-html-file-into-webview) — ceejayoz, Jun 03 '19 at 02:02
thats the only webview on the page and only htmlfile in sampledata — Muhammad AbdulSalam, Jun 03 '19 at 02:16
Please refer to: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5749641/10941112 — Saswata, Jun 03 '19 at 04:18

DHAVAL A. · Answer 1 · 2021-07-02T16:54:38.350

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It is good to place all file assets files in the assets folder. So Add your HTML file to the assets folder and load webview with below code.

webview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/privacy_policy.html");

Or if you don't want to move the file from that "sampledata" folder, then use below code.

webview.loadUrl("file:///sampledata/privacy_policy.html");

edited Jul 02 '21 at 16:54

answered Jun 03 '19 at 04:51

DHAVAL A.

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asset folder and raw folder is that different? – gumuruh Apr 20 '22 at 08:41

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '20 at 12:36

I had the same problem, I found this answer here: https://inneka.com/programming/android/loading-html-file-to-webview-on-android-from-assets-folder-using-android-studio-2/

try {
    AssetManager assetManager = this.getAssets();
    InputStream stream = assetManager.open("editor.html");
    BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));
    StringBuilder total = new StringBuilder();
    String line;
    while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
        total.append(line).append("\n");
    }
    webView.loadDataWithBaseURL(null, total.toString(), "text/html", "UTF-8", null);
} catch (Exception xxx) {

WebView not loading local HTML in Android?

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