Subject: [android-developers] scaling a web-page in a WebView element - msg#05243

Hi,

I'm loading a URL into a WebView and I'm having difficulty setting the
"scale" of the web-page.

Specifically, the web-page is too big (800x600) for the screen, so my
thought is to use "setInitialScale(50)" to reduce the size

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Here is some sample code that doesn't work (i.e. the web-page doesn't
scale to 50%)

WebView wv = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
wv.loadUrl("http://www.example.com/android/symptom";);
wv.setInitialScale(50);

I also tried switching the order of the function calls but I get the
same result…i.e.,
WebView wv = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
wv.setInitialScale(50);
wv.loadUrl("http://www.example.com/android/symptom";);

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As an alternative, I have tried to use the "zoomOut()" function like
this:

WebView wv = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
wv.loadUrl("http://www.example.com/android/symptom";);
wv.zoomOut();

This approach works for a split second, and then the image reverts to
its original size.

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Any idea as to what I'm doing wrong?

here is my content view

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<WebView android:id="@+id/webview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
</LinearLayout>

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