Question

Here’s my code:

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@SuppressLint("SetJavaScriptEnabled") @Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    WebView mywebview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
    mywebview.loadUrl("http://www.shufflemylife.com/shuffle");
    WebSettings webSettings = mywebview.getSettings();
    webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    mywebview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());

}

class MyWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
    @Override
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
        if(url.contains("/shuffle")){
            Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
            i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
            startActivity(i);
            }
        return true;

        }
    }
    }

Basically, I want any url containing ‘/shuffle’ to load inside WebView, and anything else to be opened in the external browser. Is it doable? How close am I do accomplishing this?

Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

Is it doable?

Yes.

How close am I do accomplishing this?

Close, but backwards. The default behavior of a WebView is to display links in the external browser. Hence, if url.contains("/shuffle"), you want to call loadUrl() on your WebView to keep the link internal, and return true in that case. If this is a URL you want handled normally, return false.