Introduction

CustomWebView is an extended form of web viewer with more customization and flexibility (For MIT AI2 and its distros)
Latest Version : 12
Required Api : 21
Permissions: android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE,android.permission.ACCESS_DOWNLOAD_MANAGER,android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION,android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO, android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS, android.permission.CAMERA,android.permission.VIBRATE,android.webkit.resource.VIDEO_CAPTURE,android.webkit.resource.AUDIO_CAPTURE,android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT

Features

• More customization options than normal web viewer
• Long Click event
• New window request event
• Close window request event
• Load local files and content using Html and Js
• Find words and phrases in webview
• Evaluate Js and get result
• Upload files to websites
• Error occurred event
• Get output from console
• Form Resubmission event
• Get content height
• Get SSL Certificate of website
• Get/Set cookies for particular url
• Event for permission(s) request and grant permission(s) manually
• Print web content
• A wide range of tools for working with JavaScript
• Accepts external links/Adds your app in browsers list when you use BrowserPromptHelper extension
• Download files using built-in DownloadHelper add-on
• Scroll Changed event and function to scroll to particular position
• Create and Remove webviews dynamically
• Ad blocker
• Full screen video feature (OnShowCustomView and OnHideCustomView)
• Pause and Resume webview
• Get internal history
• Create webpage shortcuts
• Download offline pages and load them without internet connection

FAQ

Will disabling DeepLink property not add my app in browsers list?
Ans:- No, that's entirely a different thing.It specifies whether deep urls (such as tel:, whatsapp:) should open respective apps or not.

What is BrowserPromptHelper extension?
Ans:- It is an helper class/extension which you can use if you want to add your app in browsers list.

How can I set a screen name as activity to be launched after clicking external link?
Ans:- You have two methods to do that-
i) Change activity name from BrowserPromptHelper class manually and compile the sources.
ii) Get extension from here: CustomWebView extension generator

Reference Links

1.WebView Docs (Click here)
2.MIT AI2 Community (Click here)
3.Kodular Community (Click here)

Sponsers

• Pablo A. Rod
• Carlos Bieberach
• Yash Kumar