Added in API level 1

android.webkit


Provides tools for browsing the web.

For more information about building apps with web-based content, see the Web Apps Overview.

Annotations

JavascriptInterface Annotation that allows exposing methods to JavaScript. 

Interfaces

DownloadListener  
GeolocationPermissions.Callback A callback interface used by the host application to set the Geolocation permission state for an origin. 
PluginStub This interface is used to implement plugins in a WebView. 
ValueCallback<T> A callback interface used to provide values asynchronously. 
WebChromeClient.CustomViewCallback A callback interface used by the host application to notify the current page that its custom view has been dismissed. 
WebIconDatabase.IconListener This interface was deprecated in API level 18. This interface is obsolete. 
WebResourceRequest Encompasses parameters to the WebViewClient#shouldInterceptRequest method. 
WebStorage.QuotaUpdater This interface was deprecated in API level 19. This class is obsolete and no longer used. 
WebView.FindListener Interface to listen for find results. 
WebView.PictureListener This interface was deprecated in API level 12. This interface is now obsolete. 

Classes

ClientCertRequest ClientCertRequest: The user receives an instance of this class as a parameter of WebViewClient#onReceivedClientCertRequest
ConsoleMessage Public class representing a JavaScript console message from WebCore. 
CookieManager Manages the cookies used by an application's WebView instances. 
CookieSyncManager This class was deprecated in API level 21. The WebView now automatically syncs cookies as necessary. You no longer need to create or use the CookieSyncManager. To manually force a sync you can use the CookieManager method CookieManager#flush which is a synchronous replacement for sync(). 
DateSorter Sorts dates into the following groups: Today Yesterday seven days ago one month ago older than a month ago 
GeolocationPermissions This class is used to manage permissions for the WebView's Geolocation JavaScript API. 
HttpAuthHandler Represents a request for HTTP authentication. 
JsPromptResult Public class for handling JavaScript prompt requests. 
JsResult An instance of this class is passed as a parameter in various WebChromeClient action notifications. 
MimeTypeMap Two-way map that maps MIME-types to file extensions and vice versa. 
PermissionRequest This class defines a permission request and is used when web content requests access to protected resources. 
RenderProcessGoneDetail This class provides more specific information about why the render process exited. 
SafeBrowsingResponse Used to indicate an action to take when hitting a malicious URL. 
ServiceWorkerClient Base class for clients to capture Service Worker related callbacks, see ServiceWorkerController for usage example. 
ServiceWorkerController Manages Service Workers used by WebView. 
ServiceWorkerWebSettings Manages settings state for all Service Workers. 
SslErrorHandler Represents a request for handling an SSL error. 
TracingConfig Holds tracing configuration information and predefined settings. 
TracingConfig.Builder Builder used to create TracingConfig objects. 
TracingController Manages tracing of WebViews. 
URLUtil  
WebBackForwardList This class contains the back/forward list for a WebView. 
WebChromeClient  
WebChromeClient.FileChooserParams Parameters used in the WebChromeClient.onShowFileChooser(WebView, ValueCallback, FileChooserParams) method. 
WebHistoryItem A convenience class for accessing fields in an entry in the back/forward list of a WebView. 
WebIconDatabase This class was deprecated in API level 18. This class is only required when running on devices up to Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR2 
WebMessage The Java representation of the HTML5 PostMessage event. 
WebMessagePort

The Java representation of the HTML5 message ports. 

WebMessagePort.WebMessageCallback The listener for handling MessagePort events. 
WebResourceError Encapsulates information about errors that occurred during loading of web resources. 
WebResourceResponse Encapsulates a resource response. 
WebSettings Manages settings state for a WebView. 
WebStorage This class is used to manage the JavaScript storage APIs provided by the WebView
WebStorage.Origin This class encapsulates information about the amount of storage currently used by an origin for the JavaScript storage APIs. 
WebView A View that displays web pages. 
WebView.HitTestResult  
WebView.VisualStateCallback Callback interface supplied to WebView.postVisualStateCallback(long, VisualStateCallback) for receiving notifications about the visual state. 
WebView.WebViewTransport Transportation object for returning WebView across thread boundaries. 
WebViewClient  
WebViewDatabase This class allows developers to determine whether any WebView used in the application has stored any of the following types of browsing data and to clear any such stored data for all WebViews in the application. 
WebViewFragment This class was deprecated in API level 28. Manually call WebView#onPause() and WebView#onResume() 
WebViewRenderProcess WebViewRenderProcess provides an opaque handle to a WebView renderer. 
WebViewRenderProcessClient Used to receive callbacks on WebView renderer events. 

Enums

ConsoleMessage.MessageLevel  
WebSettings.LayoutAlgorithm Enum for controlling the layout of html. 
WebSettings.PluginState The plugin state effects how plugins are treated on a page. 
WebSettings.RenderPriority  
WebSettings.TextSize This enum was deprecated in API level 15. Use WebSettings#setTextZoom(int) and WebSettings#getTextZoom() instead. 
WebSettings.ZoomDensity Enum for specifying the WebView's desired density.