Question

I am trying to access the url using the shouldOverrideUrlLoading method. For some reason when I try to access the url that are present in the html files, I get Web page not available error.Previously I could access the url because I stored my html file in the raw folder but I needed to move it to assets folder as the code looks cleaner this way. This is my code, could anyone let me know how I can resolve this.

webview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
webview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/myfile/file.html");
webview.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(false);
webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()
{
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {

        if (url.equalsIgnoreCase("some text")){
            setDialog("some fancy text");
        }

Answer 1

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Try to get the Real Path of the file first and then try as your way like this:

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String YourURI="/android_asset/myfile/file.html";
YourURI = new File(getRealPathFromURI(YourURI));

//Got the Real Path Of the File

private String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentURI) {
  Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(contentURI, null, null, null, null); 
  cursor.moveToFirst(); 
  int idx = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA); 
  return cursor.getString(idx); 
}

webview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
webview.loadUrl(YourURI);                      //**Used the Real Path**
webview.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(false);
webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()
{
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {

        if (url.equalsIgnoreCase("some text")){
            setDialog("some fancy text");
        }
}    

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If the File is in the SDCARD :-

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webview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
if (!Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED))
{
  Log.d(TAG, "No SDCARD");
} 
else 
{
  webview.loadUrl("file://"+Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
                                   +"/android_asset/myfile/file.html");
}
webview.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(false);
webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()
{
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {

        if (url.equalsIgnoreCase("some text")){
            setDialog("some fancy text");
        }
}    

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Final Edit:- This Code Works Perfectly for Asset Folder

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public class MyActivity extends Activity {  
    @Override  
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.webview);  
        WebView webview;  
        webview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);  
        webview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/myfile/file.html");
    }  
}