Just to clarify, the main.xml can be modified as shown below to get it working.
<?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="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical"> <WebView android:id="@+id/webview" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> </LinearLayout> On Jul 2, 2:11 pm, Michael Dorin <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > Thank you for the tip. I got WebViewDemo going...but not being > content as to why > that works and why mine didn't I dug a bit more. > > If anybody is interested...I changed the layout (see below for original) > "wrap_contents" to "fill_parent", as was done in the WevViewDemo. > > That works. > > If anybody could comment on that, I would appreciate it. > > -Mike > > Here is my layout: (main.xml) > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:orientation="vertical"> > > <WebView > android:id="@+id/webview" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > /> > > </LinearLayout> > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Mark Murphy<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Yes, built in browser works fine. > >> Did I mess up the manifest? (See below) > > > Not in an obvious way. I'm a lousy code reviewer, though. > > > I would try to find some complete code that works and start from there. > > "Hello,WebView" is nice, but without actual files implementing the > > answer, it is difficult to diagnose difficulties. > > > And, unfortunately, theWebViewAPIDemos source file is just plain bizarre. > > > You can grab the source code for all of my books off their respective Web > > pages: > > >http://commonsware.com/Android/ > >http://commonsware.com/AdvAndroid/ > >http://commonsware.com/AndTutorials/ > > > The closest analogy to what you are trying to get working would be > > WebKit/Browser1 project from the Android book's code. That's a full > > project (missing only Eclipse project files if you use Eclipse) and > > definitely works. > > > I am sure there are otherWebViewsamples out there (anddev.org, > > LearningAndroid, AndroidSnippets) as well. > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > >http://commonsware.com > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
