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how i can load a page in android WebView with cookies?

i have cookies,want to send the cookie to WebView,how i can do?
i use JSOUP to get cookies from login page and i use the follow code but not working
webview.LoadUrl(URL, Cookies)

I had to do something like this a couple of weeks ago. I ditched the webview though and used a recyclerview for the info because of data and ram consumption.
res = Jsoup.connect(url)
.data("user", user, "passwrd", pass)
.method(Connection.Method.POST)
.execute();
String sessionId = res.cookie("PHPSESSID");
The code up there is actually from Jsoup's creator himself on how to store cookies. Then its a matter of setting the cookiemanager to these cookies.
CookieManager cookieManager = CookieManager.getInstance();
cookieManager.setAcceptCookie(true);
cookieManager.setCookie(url,String.format("%s=%s",
"PHPSESSID", sessionId));
Then I just loaded the webview. I think a really important line here is formatting the string in the second parameter of the setCookie() method to match how the cookie is actually a Map with a key and value of PHPSESSID and the cookies characters. PHPSESSID is the id name that shows up for me in the cookie.

Android CookieManager getCookie issue

I am setting a cookie using cookiemanager setcookie API, when I do cookiemanager getcookie I am not getting the domain & expiry date below is my code.
String cookieString = cookie.getName() + "=" + cookie.getValue() + "; Domain=" + cookie.getDomain()+"; expires=" + cookie.getExpiryDate();
CookieManager.getInstance().setCookie("http://mydomainname.com", cookieString);
String cookie = CookieManager.getInstance().getCookie("http://mydomainname.com");
Any idea why cookiemanager getcookie doesn't return domain & expiry date. Is it a bug ?
Thanks,
Kumar.

Not a bug - just read the documentation. The Android API docs say that getCookie() returns a string "using the format of the 'Cookie' HTTP request header"
The format of the Cookie: request header is a list of cookie name/value pairs separated by semicolons - it does NOT contain domain or expiry information, since a cookie is sent only if the URL matches and it has not expired. The CookieManager.getCookie() method does the same - it returns all the cookies that match the URL supplied and which have not expired.

DefaultHttpClient post get session cookie and pass to WebView android

I've found a few answers to this question here on SO, but I'm not having success implementing them so hoped that someone could check over my code and tell me where i'm going wrong.
I have verified that my cookie is being set from the DefaultHttpClient and am writing it out with Log.d as you can see in my code snippet below. It's all there, it's just not getting set for the WebView which is called at the bottom of this code segment. The cookie being passed down is a session cookie from my Asp.net mvc project. Any ideas why it's not keeping me logged in when the WebView hits the site? Don't let the facebook wording throw you off, that I all have working, this cookie is for my own server that is passing down a session cookie to keep me logged into my own site (based on my facebook stuff).
Cookie sessionCookie = FacebookLoginService.cookie;
Log.d("intialwebview",sessionCookie.toString());
CookieSyncManager.createInstance(this);
CookieManager cookieManager = CookieManager.getInstance();
if (sessionCookie != null) {
cookieManager.removeSessionCookie();
String cookieString = sessionCookie.getName() + "=" + sessionCookie.getValue() + "; domain=" + sessionCookie.getDomain();
Log.d("intialwebview",cookieString);
cookieManager.setCookie(FacebookLoginService.cookie.getDomain(), cookieString);
CookieSyncManager.getInstance().sync();
}
//end cookie section
int userId = prefs.getInt(C.USER_ID, 0);
webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.web_view);
webView.getSettings().setUserAgentString(webView.getSettings().getUserAgentString() + "(Rambo)");
webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webView.setScrollBarStyle(WebView.SCROLLBARS_OUTSIDE_OVERLAY);
webView.loadUrl(C.BaseUrl + "home/firstpage");
EDIT: I also tried creating the web view in code with:
WebView webView = new WebView(this);
same result. Cookie isn't being sent to the webview.

finally got this sorted by using an Asynctask and running a sleep in the background.

You have used this line -
if (sessionCookie != null) {
cookieManager.removeSessionCookie();
}
To ensure you receive new cookie everytime.
Seems like you have gone through same issue
as I faced, check below link -
removeSessionCookie() issue of android, (code.google.com)
it says that removeSessionCookie() is implemented in a thread, so whenever it is
called; a thread starts and after your setCookie(url, cookieString); is called,
it removes the new cookie you just set.
So for some devices it works well as removeSessionCookie() is already executed,
while, for some, it remove the cookie, and we get that problem.
I suggest you remove this removeSessionCookie(); as you are setting only one cookie, so it won't conflict with other cookies. Your code will work seamlessly.

How to sync cookies with android webview?

I have been creating an app which consist of a lo-gin page for a site. I am using HttpGet method and DefaultHttpClient for making connection. Everything works fine in with this. I will be receiving json response once the lo-gin is successful , in which i will be getting an URL to load with web-view. While loading the URL in web-view the cookies is not getting sync.I have been breaking my head for past one week. Can any one help me to solve this problem.Thanks in advance.

Finally after spending a 10 days i found a solution.
if (!Utils.cookies.isEmpty()){
CookieSyncManager.createInstance(WebViewActivity.this);
CookieManager cookieManager = CookieManager.getInstance();
for (Cookie cookie : Utils.cookies) {
Cookie sessionInfo = cookie;
String cookieString = sessionInfo.getName() + "=" + sessionInfo.getValue() + "; domain=" + sessionInfo.getDomain();
cookieManager.setCookie(sessionInfo.getDomain(), cookieString);
CookieSyncManager.getInstance().sync();
}
}
this piece of code worked for me.

For newer APIs , i.e API 21(Lollipop) and above, CookieSyncManager has been deprecated and CookieSyncManager.getInstance().sync(); can be replaced by CookieManager.getInstance().flush(); to write cookies to a persistent storage.

On android first I am capturing cookie from webview, then removing the session cookie , then again setting the cookie

CookieManager cookieManager = CookieManager.getInstance();
String cookie = cookieManager.getCookie(url);
cookieManager.removeSessionCookie();
cookieManager.setAcceptCookie(true);
cookieManager.setCookie( url, cookiestring);
removing cookie works,
how do i set the cookie back onto webview and access logged in page again
thanks in advance

You must use the CookieSyncManager. From inside your activity call:
cookieManager.setCookie(url, cookiestring);
CookieSyncManager.createInstance(this).sync();