# \[Feedback\] Perspective web client on android webview **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition Early Access\ **Created:** [March 14, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-perspective-web-client-on-android-webview/23346 "2019-03-14T16:21:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AntonioG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/antoniog/32/11149_2.png) [@AntonioG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AntonioG)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-perspective-web-client-on-android-webview/23346/1 "2019-03-14T16:21:44Z")
We developed an android app in the past embedding a WebView to show Ignition 7.6.6 Mobile Version as a part of a Customer app. We’d like to do the same thing using Ignition8 and Perspective, but the result is that our WebView always shows a blank screen without any error. Launching the same link on the same device but using Chrome is working fine. Is it possible to still use the Android webView to display a Perspective Client or we necessarily have to run it using Chrome or the Ignition app? ---
**Author:** ![mrojas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mrojas/32/6394_2.png) [@mrojas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrojas)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-perspective-web-client-on-android-webview/23346/2 "2019-03-14T17:26:49Z")
Perspective should work fine in a normal Android WebView, just make sure you enable javascript and dom storage on the WebView settings. ---
**Author:** ![alessio.colombo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alessio.colombo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alessio.colombo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-perspective-web-client-on-android-webview/23346/3 "2019-03-15T08:08:03Z")
Good morning, I'm a Colleague of Antonio, thanks for your reply. I developed the part of the App working with Ignition 7.6.6 mobile, but I'm not at all an Android expert developer. I think I already enabled what you're suggesting for my WebView, I'm sharing you the code snippet. Just in case you need it, I can add that I have to use an Android 6.0.1, API 23 device. > private void webViewTest(String url){ > > ``` > webView = findViewById(R.id.myWebView); > > webView.getSettings().setLoadsImagesAutomatically(true); > webView.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true); > webView.getSettings().setAppCacheEnabled(true); > > String appCachePath = getApplicationContext().getCacheDir().getAbsolutePath(); > webView.getSettings().setAppCachePath(appCachePath); > webView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true); > > webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); > > // Load the URLs inside the WebView, not in the external web browser > webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()); > webView.getSettings().setCacheMode(WebSettings.LOAD_DEFAULT); > > webView.loadUrl(url); > > } > > ``` These are the result using this code: _Ignition 7.6.6 on Customer Application_ ![Ignition766MobileOnWebView](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/e/ea09cd404f01b7dd4e3362c202c637521da77ae2.png) _Ignition 8 Perspective on Customer Application_ ![Ignition8PerspectiveOnWebView](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/5/5e7719de8368f4788c45cbd2de0d43a346307c70.png) _Same Ignition 8 Perspective link launched on the same device but into Chrome browser_ ![Ignition8PerspectiveOnChrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/6/6ecd7ca40312cdcfe2962227486da72ae9fe6ee4.png) ---
**Author:** ![alessio.colombo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alessio.colombo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alessio.colombo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-perspective-web-client-on-android-webview/23346/4 "2019-03-15T11:40:54Z")
Update. I installed Ignition Perspective app and this is the result: ![Ignition8PerspectiveOnPerspectiveApp](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/3/3159eccd73b2ef72d47236815aa271478648305a.png) It seems like Android 6.0.1 is not fully supported by Perspective App. Can anyone confirm my doubt? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-perspective-web-client-on-android-webview/23346/5 "2019-03-15T12:41:41Z")
> [@alessio.colombo](#): > > It seems like Android 6.0.1 ~~This is ancient, and so the version of Chromium used for the WebView is also ancient. It's likely not supported.~~ edit: mixed up versions, not _that_ old after all... 2015ish. The version of Chromium used by the WebView component might still be too old though. ---
**Author:** ![mrojas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mrojas/32/6394_2.png) [@mrojas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrojas)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-perspective-web-client-on-android-webview/23346/6 "2019-03-15T17:42:24Z")
That version should be supported. Can you double check that your System WebView is up to date? If you go to play store and search webview it will show up. ---
**Author:** ![alessio.colombo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alessio.colombo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alessio.colombo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-perspective-web-client-on-android-webview/23346/7 "2019-03-18T07:21:52Z")
Thanks for your replies, I’m using this on a wearable device and I don’t have the play store installed. I’ve contacted the supplier and he’s going to release an update for the O.S. to Android 8.1, hope this will help! Thanks for your support.