This class is no longer needed now that Google provides WebViewAssetLoader (see https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/webkit/WebViewAssetLoader)

WebViewServer.kt

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@file:Suppress("unused")

package se.hellsoft.webviewserver

import android.content.res.AssetManager
import android.net.Uri
import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest
import android.webkit.WebResourceResponse
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
import java.io.File
import java.io.FileInputStream
import java.io.InputStream

/**
 * This class will act as a web server for intercepted request from a `WebView`. Simply implement your own
 * `WebViewClientCompat` and assign it as the `webViewClient` of your `WebView` and call `handleWebViewRequest()` from
 *  `WebViewClient.shouldInterceptRequest()`. 
 *  
 * Just add your own `RequestHandler` for every response you want to return. Two ready-made implementations
 * of `RequestHandler` are provided: `FileRequestHandler` and `AssetRequestHandler`. See respective class for details.
 *
 * If no matching `RequestHandler` is found, a default 404 response will be returned.
 */
class WebViewServer {
    private val requestHandlers = mutableListOf<RequestHandler>()

    fun addRequestHandler(requestHandler: RequestHandler) {
        requestHandlers += requestHandler
    }

    fun handleWebViewRequest(webResourceRequest: WebResourceRequest): WebResourceResponse {
        val request = Request.fromWebResourceRequest(webResourceRequest)

        for (requestHandler in requestHandlers) {
            if (requestHandler.shouldHandleRequest(request)) {
                return requestHandler.handleRequest(request).toWebResourceResponse()
            }
        }

        return NOT_FOUND_RESPONSE.toWebResourceResponse()
    }

    companion object {
        val NOT_FOUND_RESPONSE = Response(
            404,
            "Not found",
            emptyMap(),
            "text/plain",
            "UTF-8",
            ByteArrayInputStream(byteArrayOf())
        )
    }
}

data class Request(val url: String, val method: String, val headers: Map<String, String>) {
    companion object {
        fun fromWebResourceRequest(webResourceRequest: WebResourceRequest): Request {
            return Request(
                webResourceRequest.url.toString(),
                webResourceRequest.method,
                webResourceRequest.requestHeaders
            )
        }
    }
}

data class Response(
    val statusCode: Int,
    val reasonPhrase: String,
    val responseHeaders: Map<String, String>,
    val mimeType: String,
    val encoding: String,
    val data: InputStream
) {
    fun toWebResourceResponse(): WebResourceResponse {
        return WebResourceResponse(mimeType, encoding, statusCode, reasonPhrase, responseHeaders, data)
    }
}

interface RequestHandler {
    fun shouldHandleRequest(request: Request): Boolean

    fun handleRequest(request: Request): Response
}

/**
 * Returns a response containing the content of the specified `File`. Note that the content of the file 
 * is cached in memory, so beware of loading too large files using this class. For very large files, 
 * please provide your own `RequestHandler` that streams the content to the `WebView` instead.
 */
open class FileRequestHandler(
    file: File,
    private val requestPath: String,
    private val mimeType: String,
    private val encoding: String
) : RequestHandler {
    private val bytes: ByteArray

    init {
        bytes = FileInputStream(file).use {
            return@use it.readBytes()
        }
    }

    override fun shouldHandleRequest(request: Request): Boolean {
        val uri = Uri.parse(requestPath)
        return uri.path == requestPath
    }

    override fun handleRequest(request: Request): Response {
        return Response(200, "OK", emptyMap(), mimeType, encoding, ByteArrayInputStream(bytes))
    }
}

/**
 * Returns a response containing the content of the specified Android asset. Note that the content of the file
 * is cached in memory, so beware of loading too large files using this class. For very large files,
 * please provide your own `RequestHandler` that streams the content to the `WebView` instead.
 */
open class AssetRequestHandler(
    assetManager: AssetManager,
    assetPath: String,
    private val requestPath: String,
    private val mimeType: String,
    private val encoding: String
) : RequestHandler {
    private val bytes: ByteArray

    init {
        val inputStream = assetManager.open(assetPath)
        bytes = inputStream.use {
            return@use it.readBytes()
        }
    }

    override fun shouldHandleRequest(request: Request): Boolean {
        val uri = Uri.parse(requestPath)
        return uri.path == requestPath
    }

    override fun handleRequest(request: Request): Response {
        return Response(200, "OK", emptyMap(), mimeType, encoding, ByteArrayInputStream(bytes))
    }
}

Nice idea! Are there some usages of the web server with shouldOverrideUrlLoading?

Great!
I have translated it into java, in case anyone needs it: https://gist.github.com/rahulk11/dd9fa58bac561c69bff704a24db28747

Hey all! Note that this is no longer needed now that Google provides the WebViewAssetLoader (see https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/webkit/WebViewAssetLoader).

Thanks a lot.