Android: WebView does not display external web pages
Question by Guest | Last update on 2026-10-12 | Created on 2016-10-08
I have just created my first own Android App and among other things, I am using a WebView therein to be able to show some HTML pages.
As long as I am delivering those webpages together with my App, it is working as expected. However, it is not possible to display or follow any link for showing a real website on the Internet.
What am I doing wrong? Actually I thought that this WebView is exactly made for this purpose.
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You probably haven't given your app permission to access the internet yet.
Just add the following permission to your manifest:
With this it should work.
Last update on 2026-10-12 | Created on 2016-10-09