Skip to content
Open
Show file tree
Hide file tree
Changes from all commits
Commits
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension

Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions views/build.gradle.kts
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -55,5 +55,6 @@ dependencies {
implementation(libs.androidx.appcompat)
implementation(libs.google.android.material)
implementation(libs.androidx.glance.appwidget)
implementation(libs.androidx.webkit)

}
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
/*
* Copyright 2026 The Android Open Source Project
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/

package com.example.example.snippet.views.webapps

import android.content.Context
import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest
import android.webkit.WebResourceResponse
import android.webkit.WebView
import android.webkit.WebViewClient
import androidx.webkit.WebMessageCompat
import androidx.webkit.WebViewCompat
import androidx.webkit.WebViewFeature
import java.io.InputStream

private fun webMessageListenerSnippet(webView: WebView) {
// [START android_views_webapps_web_message_listener]
val myListener = WebViewCompat.WebMessageListener { _, _, _, _, replyProxy ->
// Handle the message from JS
replyProxy.postMessage("Acknowledged!")
}

// Check whether the WebView version supports the feature.
if (WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WebViewFeature.WEB_MESSAGE_LISTENER)) {
val allowedOrigins = setOf("https://www.example.com")
WebViewCompat.addWebMessageListener(webView, "myObject", allowedOrigins, myListener)
}
// [END android_views_webapps_web_message_listener]
}

// [START android_views_webapps_web_message_binary]
fun setupWebView(webView: WebView) {

Copy link
Copy Markdown

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

I would start this with private too for consistency.

if (WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WebViewFeature.WEB_MESSAGE_LISTENER)) {
val listener = WebViewCompat.WebMessageListener { view, message, sourceOrigin, isMainFrame, replyProxy ->

// Check if the received message is an ArrayBuffer
if (message.type == WebMessageCompat.TYPE_ARRAY_BUFFER) {
val binaryData: ByteArray = message.arrayBuffer
// Process your binary data (image, audio, etc.)
println("Received bytes: ${binaryData.size}")

// Optional: Send a binary reply back to JavaScript.
// This example sends a 3-byte array for simplicity.
if (WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WebViewFeature.WEB_MESSAGE_ARRAY_BUFFER)) {
val replyBytes = byteArrayOf(0x01, 0x02, 0x03)
replyProxy.postMessage(replyBytes)
}
}
}

// "myBridge" matches the window.myBridge in JavaScript
WebViewCompat.addWebMessageListener(
webView,
"myBridge",
setOf("https://example.com"), // Security: restrict origins
listener
)
}
}
// [END android_views_webapps_web_message_binary]

private fun shouldInterceptRequestSnippet(context: Context, webView: WebView) {
// [START android_views_webapps_intercept_request]
webView.webViewClient = object : WebViewClient() {
override fun shouldInterceptRequest(
view: WebView?,
request: WebResourceRequest?
): WebResourceResponse? {
val url = request?.url ?: return null

// Check if this is our custom placeholder URL
if (url.host == "app.local" && url.path == "/data/large-file.bin") {
try {
// 1. Get your data as an InputStream
// (from Assets, Files, or a generated byte stream)
val inputStream: InputStream = context.assets.open("my_data.pb")

// 2. Define Response Headers (Crucial for CORS/Fetch)
val headers = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = "*" // Allow fetch from any origin

// 3. Return the response
return WebResourceResponse(
"application/octet-stream", // MIME type (for example, image/jpeg)
"UTF-8", // Encoding
200, // Status Code
"OK", // Reason Phrase
headers, // Custom Headers
inputStream // The actual data stream
)
} catch (e: Exception) {
// Handle exception
}
}
return super.shouldInterceptRequest(view, request)
}
}
// [END android_views_webapps_intercept_request]
}
Loading