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

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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!
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Robert Bana
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Vivek Kalkur
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Strange. Inside OnCreate method, I'm using

webView.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);

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

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zov
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Aug 24 '11 at 7:53

While this will allow pinch-to-zoom, it will also display a zoom overlay control (Galaxy S3). In order to disable the on-screen zoom tool, but retain the pinch-to-zoom functionality, you
need to call webView.setDisplayZoomControls(false) as well. Lev Nov 6 '14 at 9:38
^ webView.getSettings().setDisplayZoomControls(false); wiseindy Apr 18 '15 at 18:26
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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.

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Tiago
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Sep 2 '13 at 4:56

you saved my day allemattio Dec 13 '13 at 16:44

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Use these:
wv.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
wv.getSettings().setDisplayZoomControls(false);

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Dario Bruzzese
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Sep 15 '15 at 13:12

plus 1, for the answer.. helped me. Akshatha Srinivas Jun 13 at 12:42
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