Question

I am using webviewclient to open the html page. The html page is having a anchor tag.
when i click on the anchor tag my phone dialer activity should be launched.
when i click on this anchor tag in external browser (android default browser ), it is launching the phone dialer, but as i am using the webviewclient (browser with in my application). i am unable to launch the phone dialer.

is there any way to achieve this using webviewclient ?

Answer 1

You should override this method

public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView wv, String url)
{
    if(isNumber)
    {
        //Get the number from the URL
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL);
        intent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:12345"));
        startActivity(intent);
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

in the WebViewClient, and return ture that means you want to handle this by yourself instead of the webView.

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