I find that on Android you don't use the "file:" prefix - try:
set the url of widget "about" to (specialFolderPath("resources") &
"/web/index.html")
HTH
cheers
Alan
> On 8 Apr 2018, at 7:30 pm, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami <bra...@hindu.org>
> wrote:
>
> I give up! What is the magic that gets the browser widget on Android to see a
> local html file
>
> (it always works in iOS)
>
> given the following directory layout
>
> myApp.livecode # the standalone is built from this
> /module
> lexicon.livecode # with nothing but a browser widget which points
> too:
> /web
> index.html
>
> if have tried all manner of:
>
> hard coded:
>
> set the itemdel to "/"
> get item 1 to -2 of the effective filename of this stack
> put it & "/web/index.html" into tURL
> set the URL of widget "Browser" to ("file://" & tURL)
>
> # this works on iOS but not on Android
>
> # Various incarnations of
>
> if isMobile() then
> # this work on iOS
> # but not on Android
>
> put specialFolderPath("engine") into tRoot
> set the URL of widget "Browser" to ( "file://" &tRoot &
> "/modules/lexicon/web/index.html")
>
> else
> # works on desktop
>
> put specialFolderPath("resources") into tRoot
> set the URL of widget "Browser" to ( "file://" &tRoot & "/web/index.html")
> end if
>
> ??
>
> BR
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