Question

I’m trying to set the URL for a WebView from the layout main.xml.

By code, it’s simple:

WebView webview = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/index.html");

Is there a simple way to put this logic into the layout XML file?

Answer 1

Since URL is basically a string, you can put it into values/strings.xml file

<resources>
    <string name="myurl">http://something</string>
</resources>

then you can use it like this:

WebView webview = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webview.loadUrl(getString(R.string.myurl));