Question

I’ve been racking my brains over this for ages, but think I’m too close to the woods to see the trees. Can anyone tell me why item1 in the menu below doesn’t work to refresh the webview?

(The exit button (item2) works just fine, if that matters.)

package com.my.project;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.Window;

public class MyProjectActivity extends Activity
{
    final Activity activity = this;

        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 

            {
                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
                getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
                setContentView(R.layout.main);       

                WebView WebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);                         
                WebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
                WebView.setScrollBarStyle(View.SCROLLBARS_OUTSIDE_OVERLAY);
                WebView.loadUrl("http://www.mydomain.php");
            }   

        // Create Menu Buttons
        @Override
        public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
            {   
                MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
                inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu);
                return true;
            }

        // Set Menu Button Actions
        @Override
        public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) 
            {
            switch (item.getItemId()) 
                {
                    case R.id.item1:
                        reload();
                        return true;
                    case R.id.item2:     
                        finish();
                        return true;
                    default:
                        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
                }
            }
}

Answer 1

try this just minor changes:::

public class MyProjectActivity extends Activity
{
final Activity activity = this;
WebView webView;

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 

        {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
            setContentView(R.layout.main);       

            webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);                         
            webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
            webView.setScrollBarStyle(View.SCROLLBARS_OUTSIDE_OVERLAY);
            webView.loadUrl("http://www.mydomain.php");
        }   

    // Create Menu Buttons
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
        {   
            MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
            inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu);
            return true;
        }

    // Set Menu Button Actions
    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) 
        {
        switch (item.getItemId()) 
            {
                case R.id.item1:
                    webView.reload();
                    break;
                case R.id.item2:     
                    finish();
                    break
            }
                    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
}