Android: Disable WebView zoom controls

This method doesn't require you to subclass the WebView, which makes life a bit easier for everyone involved.

The best part is that it works with all versions from 1.6+.

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01./**

02. * Disable zoom buttons for WebView.

03. */

04.public static void disableWebviewZoomControls(final WebView webview) {

05.  webview.getSettings().setSupportZoom(true);

06.  webview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);

07. 

08.  // Use the API 11+ calls to disable the controls

09.  if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {

10.    new Runnable() {

11.      @SuppressLint("NewApi")

12.      public void run() {

13.        webview.getSettings().setDisplayZoomControls(false);

14.      }

15.    }.run();

16.  }

17.  else {

18.    try {

19.      ZoomButtonsController zoom_control;

20.      zoom_control = ((ZoomButtonsController) webview.getClass().getMethod("getZoomButtonsController").invoke(webview, (Object[]) null));

21.      zoom_control.getContainer().setVisibility(View.GONE);

22.    }

23.    catch (Exception e) {

24.      e.printStackTrace();

25.    }

26.  }

27.}

Source

• enable/disable zoom in Android WebView - Stack Overflow