How to browse file:/// URLs on my Android device? I have some extensive documentation in HTML format that I want to carry around with me. On my old Gingerbread phone, I was able to save the entire "site" onto the phone's sd card and browse it with the url   

file:///mnt/sdcard/mysite/index.html.


Unfortunately, this is not working with my new ICS phone (which uses Chrome as the browser); trying different urls produce either a 404 "file not found" or a 403 "access denied".

Can anyone point me to a read me on how to do this?
Re-phrasing your question to reflect your real problem:


  How can I read my extensive, HTML-formatted documentation on my Android device?


there is an answer which would make it easy, comfortable, and even less storage-consuming:

You could convert the entire documentation to an eBook using Calibre on your PC. A good format would be e.g. ePub. As a result, your entire documentation would be packed into a single file. Now check the playstore for a nice eBook reader (my recommendation: Moon+ Reader or its payed version, Moon+ Reader Pro), and install it on your device. Et voila: You have your documentation available on your device. Added pluses (with Moon+ Reader): You can even set multiple bookmarks, highlight text, make annotations. And due to the integrated OPDS support and even pre-configured online libraries, you'd have a bunch of books at your fingertips.

 

Adding a dictionary app like ColorDict Dictionary Wikipedia or Fora Dictionary plus some (freely available) dictionaries, you could even look up things whenever needed, online or offline, as the second screenshot2 shows.