Unknown Chromium Error -6 when loading local images in Android Webview

Question

I'm working on a Worklight project that downloads a zip file, unpacks it, and stores the files in the specific documents directory of the platform (in iOS that's NSDocumentDirectory, on Android I'm using getFilesDir()). The file consists of one HTML file and several images, located in a sub directory (media). Downloading and unzipping works fine on both platforms. After the unzip process I'm loading the contents of the HTML file into an existing div (since this is a Worklight app, everything is in one HTML file).

Here things become complicated: The image tag sources in the HTML file that I've downloaded are relative to the HTML file (e.g. 'media/myimage.jpg'). When I inject the HTML file into the Worklight HTML file (which is located in the App bundle/package), the base URL changes and the images can't be found anywhere. I fixed this by writing native functions that rewrite all the image tags in the downloaded HTML file to point to an absolute URL (iOS: /var/mobile/Applications/<identifier>/Documents/, Android: /data/data/<id>/files/). This works fine on iOS, but on Android it causes the HTML to only load partially. LogCat then shows:

Unknown chromium error: -6

If I keep the files as they are, the HTML loads correctly, but obviously with broken images. I've also tried to change the URLs to file:///data/data/<id>/files/ [...], which also causes the HTML to not load completely. I have really no idea what is causing this problem. The app already has the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.

Does anyone have an idea how to fix this? Thank you!

Answer 1

Turns out this error was caused by having images that are larger than 1500px in width. After scaling them down, the error disappears. Must be a problem with the Android webview, I guess.