Loading html files with styling and images into webview from ApplicationData Localfolder

Question

Hello

I have an app where I need to display html files inside Webview. I cant use function .NavigateToString function because styling wont appear and images too.

The files I want to show(html,css,images) are all inside .zip file. I download the zip file using BackgroundDownloader and save it inside

StorageFile file = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(filename + ".zip",
                    CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);

After that I extract the zip file and loop over files inside it. All I need to know if there is a way to show the files inside webview with styling and images appearing. I found a solution to this by using localhost for navigate function

 webView1.Navigate(new Uri("http://localhost:8088/" + ....

But found that localhost cant be used in released version of an app. And webview can show files with navigate function for files inside the project. But my files are downloaded into ApplicationData Localfolder which is outside the project folder.

Is there any other way to do that?

Answer 1

Are you using Windows 8 or 8.1?  There are new WebView methods in 8.1 that make this really easy.

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Answer 2

I used to work with window 8. I have recently upgraded to 8.1. Is there anything new in 8.1?

I am currently trying to upgrade from vs 2012 to vs 2o13 but setup is getting blocked saying that  "This version of Wisual Studio is not compatible with pre-release versions of Windows 8.1"

Answer 3

You need to upgrade to the released version of Windows 8.1.

--Rob