Android WebView load html file from resource raw folder

Question

I am using a WebView and am trying to load a HTML file into it which I have stored in my Resources/raw folder ( I cannot do assets because I am working with a ClassLibrary)

        webView.LoadUrl("file:///android_res/raw/test.html");

What is happening is that the content of the file gets loaded in the WebView, the actual html code

This is what I see in my webview

<html>
<body>
    <b>TEST THISSSSS</b>
</body>
</html>

When what I should be seeing is

TEST THISSSSS

Why is this happening ? What am I doing wrong ?

SushiHangover · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-21 19:08:32Z

2

Load the raw resource via a stream (to string):

using (var stream = Resources.OpenRawResource(Resource.Raw.someHTMLBasedFile))
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
    webView.LoadDataWithBaseURL("file:///android_asset/", streamReader.ReadToEnd(), "text/html", "UTF-8", "");
}

Note: Since you are loading via a resource, you can provide res/raw-<qualifiers> folders if you need to internationalize via the device's locale.

answered Dec 21, 2017 at 19:08

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