I have an android application that I am developing using the emulator running on android 2.3.3 with an embedded WebView in a framelayout nested in a linearlayout (vertical).
I gave +1 because these were both valid assistance to getting the webview to working properly, but it was not the solution to my issue.
What I didn't realize is I had a wrap_content on the include of my webview layout and this caused it to have a height of 0px. By setting this to fill_parent I resolved the issue. (Webview with white background and app with white background you cant really tell its not full height when it shows up as full height in the layout designer.)
Thanks for your help though!