androidx.webkit

Kotlin |Java

The androidx.webkit library is a static library you can add to your Android application in order to use android.webkit APIs that are not available for older platform versions.

Requirements

The minimum sdk version to use this library is 14.

How to declare the dependencies to use the library

Inside your app's build.gradle file, include this line in dependencies:

dependencies {
    ...
    implementation 'androidx.webkit:webkit:1.0.0'
}

Migrating to androidx.webkit

For static methods:

Old code:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O_MR1) {
    WebView.startSafeBrowsing(appContext, callback);
}

New code:

if (WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WebViewFeature.START_SAFE_BROWSING)) {
    WebViewCompat.startSafeBrowsing(appContext, callback);
}

Or, if you are using a non-static method:

Old code:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
    myWebView.postVisualStateCallback(requestId, callback);
}

New code:

if (WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WebViewFeature.VISUAL_STATE_CALLBACK)) {
    WebViewCompat.postVisualStateCallback(myWebView, requestId, callback);
}

Interfaces

WebViewAssetLoader.PathHandler	A handler that produces responses for a registered path.
WebViewCompat.VisualStateCallback	Callback interface supplied to `WebViewCompat.postVisualStateCallback(WebView, long, WebViewCompat.VisualStateCallback)` for receiving notifications about the visual state.

Classes

ProxyConfig	Config for `ProxyController.setProxyOverride(ProxyConfig, Executor, Runnable)`.
ProxyConfig.Builder	ProxyConfig builder.
ProxyController	Manages setting and clearing a process-specific override for the Android system-wide proxy settings that govern network requests made by `WebView`.
SafeBrowsingResponseCompat	Compatibility version of `SafeBrowsingResponse`.
ServiceWorkerClientCompat	Base class for clients to capture Service Worker related callbacks, see `ServiceWorkerControllerCompat` for usage example.
ServiceWorkerControllerCompat	Manages Service Workers used by WebView.
ServiceWorkerWebSettingsCompat	Manages settings state for all Service Workers.
TracingConfig	Holds tracing configuration information and predefined settings for `TracingController`.
TracingConfig.Builder	Builder used to create `TracingConfig` objects.
TracingController	Manages tracing of WebViews.
WebMessageCompat	The Java representation of the HTML5 PostMessage event.
WebMessagePortCompat	The Java representation of the HTML5 message ports.
WebMessagePortCompat.WebMessageCallbackCompat	The listener for handling MessagePort events.
WebResourceErrorCompat	Compatibility version of `WebResourceError`.
WebResourceRequestCompat	Compatibility version of `WebResourceRequest`.
WebSettingsCompat	Compatibility version of `WebSettings`
WebViewAssetLoader	Helper class to load local files including application's static assets and resources using http(s):// URLs inside a `WebView` class.
WebViewAssetLoader.AssetsPathHandler	Handler class to open a file from assets directory in the application APK.
WebViewAssetLoader.Builder	A builder class for constructing `WebViewAssetLoader` objects.
WebViewAssetLoader.ResourcesPathHandler	Handler class to open a file from resources directory in the application APK.
WebViewClientCompat	Compatibility version of `WebViewClient`.
WebViewCompat	Compatibility version of `WebView`
WebViewFeature	Utility class for checking which WebView Support Library features are supported on the device.
WebViewRenderProcess	WebViewRenderProcess provides an opaque handle to a WebView renderer.
WebViewRenderProcessClient	Used to receive callbacks on `WebView` renderer events.