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

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!

Strange. Inside OnCreate method, I'm using

webView.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);

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

Use these:

webview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
webview.getSettings().setDisplayZoomControls(false);

Check if you don't have a ScrollView wrapping your Webview.

In my case that was the problem. It seems ScrollView gets in the way of the pinch gesture.

To fix it, just take your Webview outside the ScrollView.

Inside OnCreate, add:

 webview.getSettings().setSupportZoom(true);
 webview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
 webview.getSettings().setDisplayZoomControls(false);

Inside the html document, add:

<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=2, user-scalable=yes">
</head>
</html>

Inside javascript, omit:

//event.preventDefault ? event.preventDefault() : (event.returnValue = false);

To enable zoom controls in a WebView, add the following line:

webView.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);

With this line of code, you get the zoom enabled in your WebView, if you want to remove the zoom in and zoom out buttons provided, add the following line of code:

webView.getSettings().setDisplayZoomControls(false);

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

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