How to enable zoom controls and pinch zoom in a WebView?

android webview
Robert Bana picture Robert Bana · Aug 19, 2011 · Viewed 104.9k times · Source

The default Browser app for Android shows zoom controls when you're scrolling and also allows for pinch zooming. How can I enable this feature for my own Webview?

I've tried: 

webSettings.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
webSettings.setSupportZoom(true);

but neither of the features get enabled as a result. Btw I've set a WebChromeClient and a WebViewClient for the Webview if that makes a difference.

Thanks!

Answer

zov picture zov · Aug 24, 2011

Strange. Inside OnCreate method, I'm using

webView.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);

And it's working fine here. Anything particular in your webview ?

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