Question

when I click on links in my app, they open in the same webview. I want them to open in an external browser.

I did this:

myWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()
{
                @Override
                public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
                    return false;
                }

});

returning false makes it load within the same webview, and returning “true” makes nothing happen when a link is clicked.

I looked at other questions but it seems that everyone else has the exact opposite problem. (they want links to load in their app)

what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

In your WebViewClient

@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(final WebView view, final String url){
    if (loadUrlExternally){
        Uri uri = Uri.parse(url);
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
        startActivity(intent);
        return true; //the webview will not load the URL
    } else {
        return false; //the webview will handle it
    }
}

That way it opens a new browser window the same way any other app would.