[ Web Proxy ]

Viewing: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebResourceError

WebResourceError | API reference | Android Developers Skip to main content

[Android Developers]

Essentials Design & Plan Develop Google Play Blog

English
Deutsch
Espaol Amrica Latina
Franais
Indonesia
Polski
Portugus Brasil
Ting Vit

Android Studio

Stay organized with collections Save and categorize content based on your preferences.

Added in API level 23

Summary: Methods | Inherited Methods

WebResourceError

Kotlin |Java

public abstract class WebResourceError
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.webkit.WebResourceError

Encapsulates information about errors that occurred during loading of web resources. See WebViewClient.onReceivedError(WebView, WebResourceRequest, WebResourceError)

Summary

Public methods
`abstract CharSequence`	`getDescription()` Gets the string describing the error.
`abstract int`	`getErrorCode()` Gets the error code of the error.

Inherited methods

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public methods

getDescription

Added in API level 23

public abstract CharSequence getDescription ()

Gets the string describing the error. Descriptions are localized, and thus can be used for communicating the problem to the user.

Returns
`CharSequence`	The description of the error

getErrorCode

Added in API level 23

public abstract int getErrorCode ()

Gets the error code of the error. The code corresponds to one of the ERROR_* constants in WebViewClient.

Returns
`int`	The error code of the error

Content and code samples on this page are subject to the licenses described in the Content License. Java and OpenJDK are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC.

[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC."],[],[]]