Viewing HTML pages locally on smartphone Options

[pandy]

Is that at all possible? If so, how?

Thing is, I'm a mushroom forager. I'd like to put together my own "mushroom book" with images and my notes. HTML is what I know so I'd prefer to be able to use that. I could put it on a server, but one doesn't always have good enough signal in the forest.

[Christian J]

This seems to work: https://www.howtodroid.com/2014/03/use-mobi...es-android.html --at least I was able to see the source of a local XML file in the browser window...

[pandy]

Ah! I didn't even think of trying the file protocol. Only problem is that I don't seem able to reach the SD card. The suggested file:///sdcard/ takes me to the internal memory. If I try to go one directory up it's forbidden. Same if I try just file:/// .

Well, it will probably be easier to google now that I know i should use file:/// .

Thanks.

[pandy]

Hmm. Same if I use the full URL. In my case file:///storage/6631-6263/ . Access Denied. No problem with a file manager. So why can't a browser go there?

[pandy]

Odd. I only had Chrome. So I installed FF. Strangeties occurred...

* When I do the sdcard thing FF tells me access denied straight off whereas Chrome took me to the internal memory.
* file:///storage/ works in FF (denied in Chrome). Get a file listing. But when I click the SD card - DENIED.

I tried to google, but it seems this is a common problem with file managers too, so that's what I found tips about. They were all either misguided or very complicated and scary sounding. Hard to google since file managers are also called file BROWSERS. When I included Chrome specifically I learnt that Chrome doesn't support browsing local files. Which it does. Only it can't access the SD card. If the files are on the internal card it displays them fine.

[pandy]

Ah! Something relevant at least.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2167575...-file-on-sdcard