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How to enable cookies in android webview?

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how do i enable cookies in a webview?

i tried to use
CookieManager.getInstance().setAcceptCookie(true);

just before calling WebView.loadUrl() and it doesnt work as i get a html page error from a website saying cookies need to be enabled.
What i dont understand is how does cookieManager know which webview to enable cookies?
say if i had a activity with two webviews in the screen and i only wanted one of those webviews to enable cookies, how is that possible using a
CookieManager?
i feel like i am missing something? i could not find a method like webView.setCookieManager or Cookiemanager.setWebView(webview)
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jonney
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CookieManager.getInstance() is the CookieManager instance for your entire application. Hence, you enable or disable cookies for all the webviews in

your application.

Normally it should work if your webview is already initialized:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/CookieManager.html#getInstance()
Maybe you call CookieManager.getInstance().setAcceptCookie(true); before you initialize your webview and this is the problem?
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Integrating Stuff
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Francisco Corrales Morales

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cheers. works now after executing the code after i loadUrl jonney Jun 21 '13 at 9:26
My problem is that the webview does not send the cookie already living in the store. How do you make webview send the cookie? I am initializing webview after
CookieManager.getInstance().setAcceptCookie(true); Am I missing something? kalehv Aug 18 '15 at 16:19
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