Android Application Development Cookbook - Second Edition

Displaying a web page in your application

When you want to display HTML content on a web page, you have two choices: call the default browser or display them within your app. If you just want to call the default browser, use an Intent as follows:

Uri uri = Uri.parse("https://www.packtpub.com/");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(intent);

If you need to display the content within your own application, you can use the WebView. This recipe will show how to display a web page in your application, as can be seen in this screenshot:

Getting ready

Create a new project in Android Studio and call it WebView. Use the default ...