android webview loading remote html file with local javascript file

Question

I have to load a remote url in to my webview. It was taking too much time to load because of the size of script files included..

So i copied those js files in to my android "assets" folder tried to load them from the remote page like this..

<script type="text/javascript" src="file:///android_asset/myfile.js"></script>

the page loads, but the javascript is not working.. any solutions??

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:46:25Z

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It is really hard to do what you want to do. You'll probably need to write some Java code in order to handle this. Check out this other SO answer.

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answered Feb 28, 2012 at 14:19

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Paresh Mayani · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-28 05:39:13Z

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If you forgot to enable Javascript for your WebView then set it by using:

 webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

And yes, post your full code that you are trying with.

answered Feb 28, 2012 at 5:39

Paresh Mayani

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No, javascript is enabled. I just found out that we cant load a local assset from a remote webpage.. thanks