Question

Inside my app, I was wondering if it was possible to make a certain URL in a WebView, when clicked, to redirect to a new activity view outside of the WebView?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can monitor events in a WebView using a WebViewClient. The method you want is shouldOverrideUrlLoading(). This allows you to perform your own action when a particular URL is selected.

You set the WebViewClient of your WebView using the setWebViewClient() method.

Alternatively, you could use a specific Intent filter to “hijack” particular URLs. I think if you use this approach:

• The user will have to confirm that they want to use your Activity for the URLs
• It will hijacks these URLs from other applications too.