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Commit f764754d authored by Laura Davis's avatar Laura Davis Committed by android-build-merger
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Merge "Docs: Removed narrative content." into pi-dev am: b4f7c414

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/**
 * <p>A View that displays web pages. This class is the basis upon which you
 * can roll your own web browser or simply display some online content within your Activity.
 * It uses the WebKit rendering engine to display
 * web pages and includes methods to navigate forward and backward
 * through a history, zoom in and out, perform text searches and more.
 *
 * <p>Note that, in order for your Activity to access the Internet and load web pages
 * in a WebView, you must add the {@code INTERNET} permissions to your
 * Android Manifest file:
 *
 * <pre>
 * {@code <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />}
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>This must be a child of the <a
 * href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/manifest-element.html">{@code <manifest>}</a>
 * element.
 *
 * <p>For more information, read
 * <a href="{@docRoot}guide/webapps/webview.html">Building Web Apps in WebView</a>.
 * A View that displays web pages.
 *
 * <h3>Basic usage</h3>
 *
 * <p>By default, a WebView provides no browser-like widgets, does not
 * enable JavaScript and web page errors are ignored. If your goal is only
 * to display some HTML as a part of your UI, this is probably fine;
 * the user won't need to interact with the web page beyond reading
 * it, and the web page won't need to interact with the user. If you
 * actually want a full-blown web browser, then you probably want to
 * invoke the Browser application with a URL Intent rather than show it
 * with a WebView. For example:
 * <pre>
 * Uri uri = Uri.parse("https://www.example.com");
 * Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
 * startActivity(intent);
 * </pre>
 * <p>See {@link android.content.Intent} for more information.
 *
 * <p>To provide a WebView in your own Activity, include a {@code <WebView>} in your layout,
 * or set the entire Activity window as a WebView during {@link
 * android.app.Activity#onCreate(Bundle) onCreate()}:
 *
 * <pre class="prettyprint">
 * WebView webview = new WebView(this);
 * setContentView(webview);
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>Then load the desired web page:
 *
 * <pre>
 * // Simplest usage: note that an exception will NOT be thrown
 * // if there is an error loading this page (see below).
 * webview.loadUrl("https://example.com/");
 *
 * // OR, you can also load from an HTML string:
 * String summary = "&lt;html>&lt;body>You scored &lt;b>192&lt;/b> points.&lt;/body>&lt;/html>";
 * webview.loadData(summary, "text/html", null);
 * // ... although note that there are restrictions on what this HTML can do.
 * // See {@link #loadData(String,String,String)} and {@link
 * #loadDataWithBaseURL(String,String,String,String,String)} for more info.
 * // Also see {@link #loadData(String,String,String)} for information on encoding special
 * // characters.
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>A WebView has several customization points where you can add your
 * own behavior. These are:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Creating and setting a {@link android.webkit.WebChromeClient} subclass.
 *       This class is called when something that might impact a
 *       browser UI happens, for instance, progress updates and
 *       JavaScript alerts are sent here (see <a
 * href="{@docRoot}guide/webapps/debugging.html">Debugging Web Apps</a>).
 *   </li>
 *   <li>Creating and setting a {@link android.webkit.WebViewClient} subclass.
 *       It will be called when things happen that impact the
 *       rendering of the content, eg, errors or form submissions. You
 *       can also intercept URL loading here (via {@link
 * android.webkit.WebViewClient#shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView,String)
 * shouldOverrideUrlLoading()}).</li>
 *   <li>Modifying the {@link android.webkit.WebSettings}, such as
 * enabling JavaScript with {@link android.webkit.WebSettings#setJavaScriptEnabled(boolean)
 * setJavaScriptEnabled()}. </li>
 *   <li>Injecting Java objects into the WebView using the
 *       {@link android.webkit.WebView#addJavascriptInterface} method. This
 *       method allows you to inject Java objects into a page's JavaScript
 *       context, so that they can be accessed by JavaScript in the page.</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Here's a more complicated example, showing error handling,
 *    settings, and progress notification:
 *
 * <pre class="prettyprint">
 * // Let's display the progress in the activity title bar, like the
 * // browser app does.
 * getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_PROGRESS);
 *
 * webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
 *
 * final Activity activity = this;
 * webview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
 *   public void onProgressChanged(WebView view, int progress) {
 *     // Activities and WebViews measure progress with different scales.
 *     // The progress meter will automatically disappear when we reach 100%
 *     activity.setProgress(progress * 1000);
 *   }
 * });
 * webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
 *   public void onReceivedError(WebView view, int errorCode, String description, String failingUrl) {
 *     Toast.makeText(activity, "Oh no! " + description, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
 *   }
 * });
 *
 * webview.loadUrl("https://developer.android.com/");
 * </pre>
 *
 * <h3>Zoom</h3>
 *
 * <p>To enable the built-in zoom, set
 * {@link #getSettings() WebSettings}.{@link WebSettings#setBuiltInZoomControls(boolean)}
 * (introduced in API level {@link android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#CUPCAKE}).
 *
 * <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> Using zoom if either the height or width is set to
 * {@link android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams#WRAP_CONTENT} may lead to undefined behavior
 * and should be avoided.
 *
 * <h3>Cookie and window management</h3>
 *
 * <p>For obvious security reasons, your application has its own
 * cache, cookie store etc.&mdash;it does not share the Browser
 * application's data.
 *
 * <p>By default, requests by the HTML to open new windows are
 * ignored. This is {@code true} whether they be opened by JavaScript or by
 * the target attribute on a link. You can customize your
 * {@link WebChromeClient} to provide your own behavior for opening multiple windows,
 * and render them in whatever manner you want.
 *
 * <p>The standard behavior for an Activity is to be destroyed and
 * recreated when the device orientation or any other configuration changes. This will cause
 * the WebView to reload the current page. If you don't want that, you
 * can set your Activity to handle the {@code orientation} and {@code keyboardHidden}
 * changes, and then just leave the WebView alone. It'll automatically
 * re-orient itself as appropriate. Read <a
 * href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/runtime-changes.html">Handling Runtime Changes</a> for
 * more information about how to handle configuration changes during runtime.
 *
 *
 * <h3>Building web pages to support different screen densities</h3>
 *
 * <p>The screen density of a device is based on the screen resolution. A screen with low density
 * has fewer available pixels per inch, where a screen with high density
 * has more &mdash; sometimes significantly more &mdash; pixels per inch. The density of a
 * screen is important because, other things being equal, a UI element (such as a button) whose
 * height and width are defined in terms of screen pixels will appear larger on the lower density
 * screen and smaller on the higher density screen.
 * For simplicity, Android collapses all actual screen densities into three generalized densities:
 * high, medium, and low.
 * <p>By default, WebView scales a web page so that it is drawn at a size that matches the default
 * appearance on a medium density screen. So, it applies 1.5x scaling on a high density screen
 * (because its pixels are smaller) and 0.75x scaling on a low density screen (because its pixels
 * are bigger).
 * Starting with API level {@link android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#ECLAIR}, WebView supports DOM, CSS,
 * and meta tag features to help you (as a web developer) target screens with different screen
 * densities.
 * <p>Here's a summary of the features you can use to handle different screen densities:
 * <ul>
 * <li>The {@code window.devicePixelRatio} DOM property. The value of this property specifies the
 * default scaling factor used for the current device. For example, if the value of {@code
 * window.devicePixelRatio} is "1.0", then the device is considered a medium density (mdpi) device
 * and default scaling is not applied to the web page; if the value is "1.5", then the device is
 * considered a high density device (hdpi) and the page content is scaled 1.5x; if the
 * value is "0.75", then the device is considered a low density device (ldpi) and the content is
 * scaled 0.75x.</li>
 * <li>The {@code -webkit-device-pixel-ratio} CSS media query. Use this to specify the screen
 * densities for which this style sheet is to be used. The corresponding value should be either
 * "0.75", "1", or "1.5", to indicate that the styles are for devices with low density, medium
 * density, or high density screens, respectively. For example:
 * <pre>
 * &lt;link rel="stylesheet" media="screen and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio:1.5)" href="hdpi.css" /&gt;</pre>
 * <p>The {@code hdpi.css} stylesheet is only used for devices with a screen pixel ratio of 1.5,
 * which is the high density pixel ratio.
 * </li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h3>HTML5 Video support</h3>
 *
 * <p>In order to support inline HTML5 video in your application you need to have hardware
 * acceleration turned on.
 *
 * <h3>Full screen support</h3>
 *
 * <p>In order to support full screen &mdash; for video or other HTML content &mdash; you need to set a
 * {@link android.webkit.WebChromeClient} and implement both
 * {@link WebChromeClient#onShowCustomView(View, WebChromeClient.CustomViewCallback)}
 * and {@link WebChromeClient#onHideCustomView()}. If the implementation of either of these two methods is
 * missing then the web contents will not be allowed to enter full screen. Optionally you can implement
 * {@link WebChromeClient#getVideoLoadingProgressView()} to customize the View displayed whilst a video
 * is loading.
 *
 * <h3>HTML5 Geolocation API support</h3>
 *
 * <p>For applications targeting Android N and later releases
 * (API level > {@link android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#M}) the geolocation api is only supported on
 * secure origins such as https. For such applications requests to geolocation api on non-secure
 * origins are automatically denied without invoking the corresponding
 * {@link WebChromeClient#onGeolocationPermissionsShowPrompt(String, GeolocationPermissions.Callback)}
 * method.
 *
 * <h3>Layout size</h3>
 * <p>
 * It is recommended to set the WebView layout height to a fixed value or to
 * {@link android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams#MATCH_PARENT} instead of using
 * {@link android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams#WRAP_CONTENT}.
 * When using {@link android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams#MATCH_PARENT}
 * for the height none of the WebView's parents should use a
 * {@link android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams#WRAP_CONTENT} layout height since that could result in
 * incorrect sizing of the views.
 *
 * <p>Setting the WebView's height to {@link android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams#WRAP_CONTENT}
 * enables the following behaviors:
 * <ul>
 * <li>The HTML body layout height is set to a fixed value. This means that elements with a height
 * relative to the HTML body may not be sized correctly. </li>
 * <li>For applications targeting {@link android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#KITKAT} and earlier SDKs the
 * HTML viewport meta tag will be ignored in order to preserve backwards compatibility. </li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>
 * Using a layout width of {@link android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams#WRAP_CONTENT} is not
 * supported. If such a width is used the WebView will attempt to use the width of the parent
 * instead.
 *
 * <h3>Metrics</h3>
 *
 * <p>
 * WebView may upload anonymous diagnostic data to Google when the user has consented. This data
 * helps Google improve WebView. Data is collected on a per-app basis for each app which has
 * instantiated a WebView. An individual app can opt out of this feature by putting the following
 * tag in its manifest's {@code <application>} element:
 * <pre>
 * &lt;manifest&gt;
 *     &lt;application&gt;
 *         ...
 *         &lt;meta-data android:name=&quot;android.webkit.WebView.MetricsOptOut&quot;
 *             android:value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;
 *     &lt;/application&gt;
 * &lt;/manifest&gt;
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * Data will only be uploaded for a given app if the user has consented AND the app has not opted
 * out.
 * <p>In most cases, we recommend using a standard web browser, like Chrome, to deliver
 * content to the user. To learn more about web browsers, read the guide on
 * <a href="/guide/components/intents-common#Browser">
 * invoking a browser with an intent</a>.
 *
 * <h3>Safe Browsing</h3>
 * <p>WebView objects allow you to display web content as part of your activity layout, but
 * lack some of the features of fully-developed browsers. A WebView is useful when
 * you need increased control over the UI and advanced configuration options that will allow
 * you to embed web pages in a specially-designed environment for your app.
 *
 * <p>
 * With Safe Browsing, WebView will block malicious URLs and present a warning UI to the user to
 * allow them to navigate back safely or proceed to the malicious page.
 * <p>
 * Safe Browsing is enabled by default on devices which support it. If your app needs to disable
 * Safe Browsing for all WebViews, it can do so in the manifest's {@code <application>} element:
 * <p>
 * <pre>
 * &lt;manifest&gt;
 *     &lt;application&gt;
 *         ...
 *         &lt;meta-data android:name=&quot;android.webkit.WebView.EnableSafeBrowsing&quot;
 *             android:value=&quot;false&quot; /&gt;
 *     &lt;/application&gt;
 * &lt;/manifest&gt;
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>
 * Otherwise, see {@link WebSettings#setSafeBrowsingEnabled}.
 * <p>To learn more about WebView and alternatives for serving web content, read the
 * documentation on
 * <a href="/guide/webapps/">
 * Web-based content</a>.
 *
 */
// Implementation notes.