Question

I’m building an android app. I’m currently using the WebView. How would I go about creating Internet links from the popup menu (3 dots on the top right)? And how would I open them within the WebView.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Create an OptionsMenu:

@Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        final MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.myMenu, menu);
        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
    }

Your Menu:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/link1"
        android:title="@string/link1"
        android:showAsAction="never"
        />
      <item
        android:id="@+id/link2"
        android:title="@string/link2"
        android:showAsAction="never"
        />
</menu>

Create an onOptionsItemSelected:

@Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        int id = item.getItemId();
        switch(id) {
            case android.R.id.link1:
                // load up WebView with the link
                break;

        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

Your WebView:

WebView myWebView  = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.yourWebView);
myWebView.loadUrl("yourLink");
myWebView.setWebViewClient(new MyWebViewClient());

but then don’t forget to create a WebViewClient:

public class MyWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {

     @Override
        public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
            view.loadUrl(url);
            return true;
        }
}