how to get html content from a webview?

Question

Which is the simplest method to get html code from a webview? I have tried several methods from stackoverflow and google, but can\'t find an exact method. Please mention an

Answer 1

Actually this question has many answers. Here are 2 of them :

• This first is almost the same as yours, I guess we got it from the same tutorial.

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public class TestActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.webview);
        final WebView webview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.browser);
        webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        webview.addJavascriptInterface(new MyJavaScriptInterface(this), "HtmlViewer");

        webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
            @Override
            public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
                webview.loadUrl("javascript:window.HtmlViewer.showHTML" +
                        "(''+document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].innerHTML+'');");
            }
        });

        webview.loadUrl("http://android-in-action.com/index.php?post/" +
                "Common-errors-and-bugs-and-how-to-solve-avoid-them");
    }

    class MyJavaScriptInterface {

        private Context ctx;

        MyJavaScriptInterface(Context ctx) {
            this.ctx = ctx;
        }

        public void showHTML(String html) {
            new AlertDialog.Builder(ctx).setTitle("HTML").setMessage(html)
                    .setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, null).setCancelable(false).create().show();
        }

    }
}

This way your grab the html through javascript. Not the prettiest way but when you have your javascript interface, you can add other methods to tinker it.

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• An other way is using an HttpClient like there.

The option you choose also depends, I think, on what you intend to do with the retrieved html...