How to show PDF document as a HTML document in a WebView

varunm · November 2023

Create WebView.xml

<WebView
    android:id="@+id/webview"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" />

Create assets folder and paste HTML document into it.

privacy_policy.html

Implementing loading document in activity or fragment.

val webview:WebView = findViewById(R.id.webview)

webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true)

webView.webViewClient = object : WebViewClient() {
    override fun onReceivedError(
        view: WebView?,
        request: WebResourceRequest?,
        error: WebResourceError?
    ) {
        super.onReceivedError(view, request, error)
        // Log or handle the error here
        Log.e("WebView", "Error loading page: $error")
    }
}
webView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/privacy_policy.html");