The WebView running in the emulator in Android studio cannot access internet, but Chrome can?

Question

I installed Android studio 1.0.1 and followed this page https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/webview/gettingstarted to wrap a website to an app.

However, I got the following error when running it in emulator.

Webpage not available

The webpage at https://..... could not be loaded because:

net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

However, I tried to click the link and it launched the website in Chrome without any problem.

Answer 1

This may sound kind of obvious, but make sure 3G is turned on in your emulator:

To do so, turn on Cellular Data (on is the switch to the right):

Then notice the 3G symbol shows up above the signal strength symbol:

I've been trying to manage connection state and stumbled onto this question and know that's a possible reason for that error. It's a little late, but hopefully helps someone down the line.

Answer 2

It may be a bit late, but still. You have to make sure that you included ALL the following permissions.

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