Android: Flash content breaks WebView boundings and overlaps native layout elements

Question

I\'m using a WebView to display a web page which contains some Flash content which basically works pretty well. The big problem is, that the Flash content seems not to consi

Answer 1

If it is possible to abstain from the Flash content you can just use the Websettings to disable plugin support.

    webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
    WebSettings settings = webView.getSettings();
    // deprecated only for API < 8
    settings.setPluginsEnabled(false);
    // for API > 8 recommended
    settings.setPluginState(PluginState.OFF);

If this code doesn't disable the flash plugin and you want to run your App vor API < 8 just delete...

   settings.setPluginsEnabled(true);

...if your are using it in your Websettings without setting the bool to false - that has worked for me! I know that this approach isn't always a solution, but in my case it worked, because the flash content was just an unimportant banner.