Javascript doesn't work on Android webview - javascript

Good Day,
I have a webview in Android app which loads a resource that uses html and javascript:
WebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
//webView.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
//webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically(true);
//webView.getSettings().setLoadWithOverviewMode(true);
//webView.getSettings().setUseWideViewPort(true);
//webView.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
view.loadUrl(url);
return true;
}
});
//webView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/Index.html");
webView.loadUrl("http://foo.com/newbilltemplate/");
The comments show you what I've tried so far. Also I tried local and online resource and the problem still exist.
The index.html page doesn't use Javascript but when a button is clicked it uses some Javascript calculations to display in the next page.
Thanks,

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Is this the correct way of trying to inject some JS into the WebView in Android? Apologies if there is something obvious missing, the majority of my experience lies in Swift.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Try "javascript:" before the code.
I use this, works perfectly:
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