Android ProgessBar while loading WebView

Question

In my application, I have a WebView which loads any URL from the internet. Now, sometimes due to slow networks the page takes a long time to load and the user s

Answer 1

pass your url in this method

private void startWebView(String url) {

            WebSettings settings = webView.getSettings();

            settings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
            webView.setScrollBarStyle(View.SCROLLBARS_OUTSIDE_OVERLAY);

            webView.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
            webView.getSettings().setUseWideViewPort(true);
            webView.getSettings().setLoadWithOverviewMode(true);

            progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(ContestActivity.this);
            progressDialog.setMessage("Loading...");
            progressDialog.show();

            webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
                @Override
                public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
                    view.loadUrl(url);
                    return true;
                }

                @Override
                public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
                    if (progressDialog.isShowing()) {
                        progressDialog.dismiss();
                    }
                }

                @Override
                public void onReceivedError(WebView view, int errorCode, String description, String failingUrl) {
                    Toast.makeText(ContestActivity.this, "Error:" + description, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                }
            });
            webView.loadUrl(url);
        }