Android webview can't connect to local ip address

Question

I've got a webView class in a simple android app. I'm trying to get webView to load a webpage hosted on a server on my local network and it can't connect. ``` WebView webview = new WebView(this); setContentView(webview); webview.loadUrl("192.168.1.104"); ``` webView says 'web page not available' I can connect to 192.168.1.104 in a regular browser and any mobile browser. When I replace `192.168.1.104` with `http://example.com` it works.

Accepted Answer

Did you add the internet permission to the AndroidManifest.xml?

```
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/> 
```

Android webview can't connect to local ip address

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