Set loadURLTImeOutValue on WebView

Question

I'm working with PhoneGap and Android and have my .html and js files on an external server. When I use the following code, the app loads my external .html files and everything works fine:

this.setIntegerProperty("loadUrlTimeoutValue", 60000); this.loadUrl("http://www.myserver.com"); 

However, when work via a WebView I can't seem to set the loadURLTimeoutValue for a WebView:

private WebView webView; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);    try {      webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);          webView.setScrollBarStyle(View.SCROLLBARS_INSIDE_OVERLAY);      webView.loadUrl("http://www.myserver.com");      } 

This doesn't work. How can I set the timeout value on the WebView?

Answer 1

This is a workaround to simulate the described behavior. You can use a WebViewClient, and override the onPageStarted method:

public class MyWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {     boolean timeout;      public MyWebViewClient() {         timeout = true;     }      @Override     public void onPageStarted(WebView view, String url, Bitmap favicon) {         new Thread(new Runnable() {             @Override             public void run() {                 timeout = true;                  try {                     Thread.sleep(1000);                 } catch (InterruptedException e) {                     e.printStackTrace();                 }                 if(timeout) {                     // do what you want                 }             }         }).start();     }      @Override     public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {         timeout = false;     } } 

If timeout, you can load, for example, an error page...

To add the WebViewClient to you WebView, just do this:

webView.setWebViewClient(new MyWebViewClient()); 

Answer 2

I used this to set a time out for my WebView:

public class MyWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {      boolean timeout = true;      @Override     public void onPageStarted(WebView view, String url, Bitmap favicon) {         Runnable run = new Runnable() {             public void run() {                 if(timeout) {                     // do what you want                     showAlert("Connection Timed out", "Whoops! Something went wrong. Please try again later.");                 }             }         };         Handler myHandler = new Handler(Looper.myLooper());         myHandler.postDelayed(run, 5000);     }      @Override     public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {         timeout = false;     } }