Wow. That worked. Thanks a bunch. Is there a bug already opened for this? Or...
On Mar 29, 8:47 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > Beginner wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to load an image (tried both gif and png) from my assets > > directory, into a webview. > > > In my assets folder, I have an image called myImage.gif > > > Here's my code: > > > WebView data = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.data) > > data.loadData("<IMG HEIGHT=\"42px\" WIDTH=\"42px\" SRC=\"file:/// > > android_assets/myImage.gif\" />", "text/html", "UTF-8"); > > > All that happens when I try it, is that I get a blank screen with a > > empty 42px/42px box. > > > In logcat, I see the message: > > > 03-30 00:21:14.398: DEBUG/WebCore(214): Console: Not allowed to load > > local resource: file:///android_assets/myImage.gif line: 0 source: > > > What am I doing wrong? > > Try loadDataWithBaseUrl() instead of loadData(), supplying some bogus > value for the base URL (e.g., > fake://dagnabbit/would/somebody/explain/the/need/for/this). > > See: > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners/browse_thread/thread... > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---