Empty page in Android webView session replay

[BaHungSkedulo]

Question

Hello DataDog Team,

The current webView session replay shows only an empty page with no user interactions. How can I make it function like in native mobile?

[jonathanmos]

hi @BaHungSkedulo, have you followed the steps in this guide for instrumenting the webview? Does this issue occur with the latest sdk version?

[BaHungSkedulo]

I haven't implemented the instrument for the webview yet, let me try and provide feedback as soon as possible.

[BaHungSkedulo]

Hi @jonathanmos after trying to follow your guide, I still faced the same issue: nothing changed, and the page remains empty, I believe my situation might be different. We load source data, save it in a local HTML file, and then display it in a webView, I'm using version 2.14.0, Do you think it still captures the content of the webview in this scenario?

[jonathanmos]

hi @BaHungSkedulo, webviews can only be captured if the web app that is being accessed in the webview is also instrumented with the browser sdk. Is this the case here?

[BaHungSkedulo]

hi @jonathanmos I'm sorry, but I don't fully understand your question. We use WebView to display content. I have reviewed the example data for Dog and verified the code in the WebViewRecordFragment class, as we have already established it. The key difference is that we display a locally stored HTML file. As far as I know, session replay cannot capture content from the webview since it's stored locally, right?

[jonathanmos]

One of the requirements to capture the webview is that the content of the webview must be instrumented with the browser sdk - in other words that the browser sdk is running inside the view at the time that you are recording it with session replay. This may be possible with a local html file if you can reference the js content.

[BaHungSkedulo]

Thank you for taking the time and effort to address my concerns, I genuinely appreciate it.