Question

I am developing an android application, that should open html 5 file when it launches. What I did was

1. I saved the complete html application under android Assets folder.

2. I am not able to run the html file in the external browser using the path of assets folder directly, Following code which I used

   Intent browserIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW",
                    Uri.parse("file:///android_assets/mobile/index.html"));
   startActivity(browserIntent);
   

An exception is thrown.

1. I send this folder to phone’s internal memory and From there I want to run it.

Qn 1. How can I send a file into phone memory?

Qn 2. And can I run that html file from phone memory?

Is it possible to do so??

Answer 1

First, use file:///android_asset/mobile/index.html instead. While the directory on the filesystem is assets/ (plural), the URL format uses asset (singular).

Second, you cannot open a Web browser on one of your assets. You will need to either:

1. Copy the files to external storage and launch the default browser on them

2. Copy the files to internal storage, create a ContentProvider to serve them, and launch the default browser on the resulting content:// path

This sample project demonstrates the second approach, albeit using a single PDF file than a directory of assets.

A third possibility is for you to display the contents yourself using a WebView widget.