Question

So I have this Android Application that’s in WebView that should pass the data to a server(hosting site), unfortunately I can’t do it so I need your help to solve this problem.

I got most of the code from this site so, it might looked familiar to you.

So I have this HTML file that initiate the function to send the data to a server.

watch_video.html

    var v_id = getUrlVars()["v_id"];

    $.ajax({

        url: "http://mysite.com/fbtest.php?json_callback=?",
        dataType: "jsonp text",       
        //GET method is used
        type: "POST",

        //pass the data         
        data: 'v_id=' + v_id,

        //Do not cache the page
        cache: false,

        //Cross Domain
        crossDomain: true,

        //success
        success: function (html) {    
            alert(html);         
        } 

So in PHP file which in a server(hosting site) that uses cross domain here’s the code:

<?php
include("includes/db.php");
header('content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8');
header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');

$v_id = ($_POST['v_id']) ?$_POST['v_id'] : $_GET['v_id'];
$dwatch=date("Y-m-d");
$twatch=date("H:i:s");

$query="insert into watched_videos (fb_id,vid,date_watched,time_watched) values('12345','".$v_id."','".$dwatch."','".$twatch."')";
        $row = mysql_query($query);
?>

I tested this locally using XAMPP, it works it inserted the data in a database.

When I installed it in Android, and did the same function it didn’t worked.

Here’s my MainActivity.java code:

package namename.name;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.webkit.WebSettings.PluginState;
import android.webkit.WebView;


public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @SuppressLint("SetJavaScriptEnabled")
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        WebView mWebView = null;
        mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webtest);
        mWebView.getSettings().setPluginState(PluginState.ON);
        mWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        mWebView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/www/indexbackup.html");
    }


    @Override
    public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        WebView mWebView = null;
        mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webtest);
        if(event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN){
            switch(keyCode)
            {
            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK:
                if(mWebView.canGoBack() == true){
                    mWebView.goBack();
                }else{
                    finish();
                }
                return true;
            }

        }
        return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
        return true;
    }

}

So going back to what I’ve said before I initiated the function in WebView using JSONP it did not work.

I was wondering if I have something to put in my android file or so.

I would be glad if someone helps me.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

the problem is with this line

mWebView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/www/indexbackup.html");

you have to give proper file path like a browser

mWebView.loadUrl("http://yoursite/android_asset/www/indexbackup.html");