Open external links in the browser with android webview

Question

I have this code, but not because it works, it keeps opening in webview and what I want is that the links do not belong to my website open in your default browser. Any idea? thanks

private class CustomWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
        @Override
            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
              if(url.contains("message2space.es.vu")){
                view.loadUrl(url);
                return true;
            }else{
                return super.shouldOverrideUrlLoading(view, url);
            }

            }
        }

Thomas Keller · Accepted Answer · 2024-10-30 17:35:18Z

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The problem is you need to send an Intent to the default web browser to open the link. What you are doing is just calling a different method in your Webview to handle the link. Whenever you want another app to handle something you need to use Intents. Try this code instead.

@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {
    final String url = request.getUrl().toString();
    if (url.contains("message2space.es.vu")) {
        return false;
    }
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, request.getUrl());
    startActivity(intent);
    return true;
}

edited Oct 30, 2024 at 17:35

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answered Aug 1, 2013 at 13:03

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5 Comments

TheOnlyAnil Over a year ago

Can we have long click listener on webview links?

superUser Over a year ago

Now i ve done this. However the app crashes because some ActivityNotFoundException.

onit Over a year ago

@superUser You should open up your own question.

onit Over a year ago

@TheOnlyAnil You should open up your own question.

Meet Vora Over a year ago

shouldOverrideUrlLoading is deprecated.

Donald Duck is with Ukraine · Accepted Answer · 2024-07-07 17:51:23Z

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Since API level 24 shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) is deprecated.

Up to date solution:

webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
    @Override
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, request.getUrl());
        view.getContext().startActivity(intent);
        return true;
    }
});

edited Jul 7, 2024 at 17:51

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answered Jul 8, 2017 at 17:52

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sunadorer Over a year ago

great, this works like charm. This is really simple since it doesn't involve overwriting WebView. Maybe @Jaumesv can make it the new excepted answer to pin it clearly to the top...

Sergio Over a year ago

Request.getUrl() has min SDK 21 requirements.

Siber Medya · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-05 21:16:15Z

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 webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()   {
            @Override
            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {

                if((String.valueOf(request.getUrl())).contains("paramedya.com.tr")) {
                    view.loadUrl(String.valueOf(request.getUrl()));
                } else {
                    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, request.getUrl());
                    view.getContext().startActivity(intent);
                }

                return true;
            }
        });

answered Oct 5, 2019 at 21:16

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Anand Savjani · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-20 10:43:35Z

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Here is very sweet and short solution

@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
    Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
    context.startActivity(i);
    return true;
}

answered Aug 20, 2015 at 10:43

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