Android java: local webview from local html e.g help page

Create directory and html files

Switch to Project View (not Android view)

1. Go to: [your_project]
2. app/src/main/
3. Right click on main
4. → New
5. → Directory
6. → select or type "assets"
7. right click "assets" 
8. → New
9. → Directory
10. → type "webhelp"
11. right click "webhelp" 
12. → New
13. → File
14. → type "htmlhelp.html"
15. Repeat step 11 for your language e.g. id for Indonesia e.g. "htmlhelp_id.html" 

You can copy paste html code into htmlhelp.html" and "htmlhelp_id.html"

here is layout to show the webview

    ...
    <WebView
        android:id="@+id/my_web_help"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        />
    ... 

here is code to show the webview

...
    @Override
    public void onViewCreated(@NonNull View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
...
        WebView webView = view.findViewById(R.id.my_web_help);

        // Safe defaults
        webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(false);
        webView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true);
        webView.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(false);

        loadHelpPage(webView);
...
    }

    /*
     * file html helper
     */
    private void loadHelpPage(WebView webView) {

        String lang = Locale.getDefault().getLanguage();
        String fileName;

        if ("id".equals(lang)) {
            fileName = "htmlhelp_id.html";
        } else {
            fileName = "htmlhelp.html";
        }

        webView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/webhelp/" + fileName);
    }
... 

Optional configuration webview when your application got trouble when submit to application store e.g google play store

WebSettings settings = webView.getSettings();

settings.setJavaScriptEnabled(false);
settings.setDomStorageEnabled(false);
settings.setAllowFileAccess(true);          // needed for assets
settings.setAllowContentAccess(false);
settings.setAllowFileAccessFromFileURLs(false);
settings.setAllowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs(false);
settings.setSupportZoom(false);
settings.setBuiltInZoomControls(false);