Displaying a web page in your application

When you want to show a web page, you have two choices: call the default browser or display the content in your app. If you just want to call the default browser, use an Intent as follows:

Uri uri = Uri.parse("https://www.packtpub.com/"); 
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri); 
startActivity(intent); 

If you need to display the content in your own application, you can use WebView. This recipe will show how to display a web page in your application, as can be seen in this screenshot:

Getting ready

Create a new project in Android Studio and call it WebView. Use the default Phone & Tablet options and select Empty Activity in the Add an Activityto Mobile dialog.

How to do it...

We're going to create the WebViewthrough code so we won't be modifying the layout. We'll start by opening the Android Manifest and following these steps:

1. Add the following permission:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

2. Modify the existing...