Does android webview browsers support html5 features?

Question

I have HTML5 based web application i want it to integrate with WebView ,So does android webview browsers support html5 features?

See here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3930045/android-webkit-webview-and-html5 — Adam Honoré, May 15 '12 at 11:27

score 54 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '12 at 11:30

A WebView supports them, but you have to turn them on. I use the following code which turns on every features which are available. This is necessary because Application Caches for example are not supported on All Android-Versions:

    wv = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
    WebSettings ws = wv.getSettings();

    ws.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    ws.setAllowFileAccess(true);


    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT>=Build.VERSION_CODES.ECLAIR) {
        try {
            Log.d(TAG, "Enabling HTML5-Features");
            Method m1 = WebSettings.class.getMethod("setDomStorageEnabled", new Class[]{Boolean.TYPE});
            m1.invoke(ws, Boolean.TRUE);

            Method m2 = WebSettings.class.getMethod("setDatabaseEnabled", new Class[]{Boolean.TYPE});
            m2.invoke(ws, Boolean.TRUE);

            Method m3 = WebSettings.class.getMethod("setDatabasePath", new Class[]{String.class});
            m3.invoke(ws, "/data/data/" + getPackageName() + "/databases/");

            Method m4 = WebSettings.class.getMethod("setAppCacheMaxSize", new Class[]{Long.TYPE});
            m4.invoke(ws, 1024*1024*8);

            Method m5 = WebSettings.class.getMethod("setAppCachePath", new Class[]{String.class});
            m5.invoke(ws, "/data/data/" + getPackageName() + "/cache/");

            Method m6 = WebSettings.class.getMethod("setAppCacheEnabled", new Class[]{Boolean.TYPE});
            m6.invoke(ws, Boolean.TRUE);

            Log.d(TAG, "Enabled HTML5-Features");
        }
        catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Reflection fail", e);
        }
        catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Reflection fail", e);
        }
        catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Reflection fail", e);
        }
    }

My AndroidStudio keeps telling me not to hardcode `/data`. How can I replace the two occurrences? — Bowi, Apr 04 '17 at 08:33
As of Android P, this will almost certainly not work if it did before - [see here](https://developer.android.com/preview/restrictions-non-sdk-interfaces) — Ed Holloway-George, Jun 04 '18 at 22:11
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score 12 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '12 at 11:32

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On your android browser open this link : http://html5test.com it will give you all the information that you need : Parsing rules , Canvas ,video,Audio,elements,forms,webapp...

answered May 15 '12 at 11:32

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thanks @moujib this is awesome that will help me in desktop browsers too – Devendra Shewale May 15 '12 at 12:00

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 04 '12 at 08:04

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Thanks @theomega I used the following way to enable using light touches to make a selection and activate mouseovers.

try {
    WebSettings.class.getMethod("setLightTouchEnabled", new Class[]{Boolean.TYPE});
} catch (SecurityException e) {         
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {         
    e.printStackTrace();
}

edited Jul 04 '12 at 08:04

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answered Jul 04 '12 at 07:56

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 15 '12 at 11:28

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You didn't specify which features you're looking for exactly,
but Android (and iOS) use Webkit. So yes.

answered May 15 '12 at 11:28

Andy

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actually i m looking drag and drop ,video,canvas features like that s – Devendra Shewale May 15 '12 at 11:31
Actually the default Android browser has some troubles with a support of the features of HTML5. Maybe this [presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/retomeier/html5-or-android-for-mobile-development) will helpful for you. – kapandron May 15 '12 at 11:47

Does android webview browsers support html5 features?

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