Android Tutorial: Wrapping a Mobile Website with WebView

It may not be the most exciting App, but my first App in the Google Play store wraps a mobile real estate website.  My App is no longer in the Google Play store, but you can view a photo of the end product at the bottom of this page

The following code demonstrates a simple way to wrap a website for exposure in the Play store.

MainActivity.java

package com.himebaugh.webviewwrap;
import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.webkit.GeolocationPermissions;
import android.webkit.WebChromeClient;
import android.webkit.WebView;

@SuppressLint("SetJavaScriptEnabled")
public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

WebView browser = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);

browser.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
browser.getSettings().setGeolocationEnabled(true);
browser.getSettings().setJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically(true);
browser.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
browser.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);

browser.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
public void onGeolocationPermissionsShowPrompt(String origin, GeolocationPermissions.Callback callback) {
callback.invoke(origin, true, false);
}
});

browser.loadUrl("http://cptmrkschmdt.wordpress.com/");

}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
return true;
}
}

activity_main.xml  (in res/layout)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
	android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".MainActivity">

	<WebView android:id="@+id/webView1" android:layout_width="match_parent"
		android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
		android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

 

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.himebaugh.webviewwrap"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >

<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

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

<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.himebaugh.webviewwrap.MainActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>

</manifest>

Screenshot of the application

 

Tags: Android Tutorial, Example Java Code, WebView

Category: Android Application Development