Do I need to set Internet permission for opening a website in Android?

Question

In my activity I have some links that when user click on it, WebView will open and load a page from Internet.

My Question is, do I have to set permission in manifest file for accessing Internet? Because when I run the program, emulator says web page is not available.

My code is:

final TextView tv01 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.pck_01);


        final WebView wv = new WebView(this);
        tv01.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {    
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                wv.loadUrl("http://www.stackoverflow.com");
                setContentView(wv);
            }
        });

Answer 1

Yes you will need to have the following permission added to the manifest to access and URL outside of the device:

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

Seems to be confirmed here as well:

Does Android WebView need permissions for opening external URLs?

Answer 2

android.permission.INTERNET is required, however: there is a way around this . If you just want to launch a web page in a separate browser app, you don't need permission at all.

Just do:

public void launchURL(String urlString)
{
        Uri uri = Uri.parse(urlString);
        Intent launchBrowser = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
        startActivity(launchBrowser);
}

Answer 3

You need

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

in your manifest if you want to use webviews in your application.

Answer 4

Yes, set android.permission.INTERNET in your android manifest file. Read some details about Webview here

Answer 5

You will need the following in your Android Manifest:

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

Check out this page for more information on the Android Manifest.