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Is shouldOverrideUrlLoading called for links within the same domain?

I have a hybrid application where I have a WebView which is implementing the shouldOverrideUrlLoading method (both the deprecated and the newest version). This should take over control before loading any external links or certain links within my domain. Without going into specifics, the code looks roughtly like this:
private WebView mWebView;
mWebView.setWebViewClient(new myWebViewClient() {
#Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
if(url.isExternal() || url.contains("#specialCase")) {
// Do actions
return true;
}
return super.shouldOverrideUrlLoading(view, url);
}
});
I have noticed that all external links work properly, however shouldOverrideUrlLoading is not being called at all when the link is within my domain, so there is no way for me to detect those cases where I want to take over control.
The android documentation states
Give the host application a chance to take over the control when a new
url is about to be loaded in the current WebView.
Does that new mean different domain? Is there anything I am missing or doing wrong? Any ideas on how to detect the user has clicked a link pointing to the same domain?
Thank you in advance.

Finally found the reason why shouldOverrideUrlLoading was never been called.
Apparently the method is only called when the actual loading is about to start. Our web application is a single-page application, hence even though the URL changes, no new page is loaded and shouldOverrideUrlLoading is not called.

Multiwindow Apps in Android

I am developing android application to use multiple window in same window.
I am including multiple layouts with multiple purpose. For example one part of window will have browser and one part has to display Facebook or twitter news feed, and one more to display current news which can be get from rss feed.
For the browser I am using WebView in which user can search some thing in browser.
But if I use webview to search something it is opened in android browser.
Is there anyway to display webpages with in Webview and if I search anything It should also be displayed with in web view?
Guide me in right way.

Try this solution .
WebView view =(WebView)findViewById(R.id.webView1);
view.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
view.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
#Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
view.loadUrl(url);
return false;
}
});
Thanks

Android webview url redirect

I have a webview in my application which upon launch displays an html page. The page has a hyperlink which on click is supposed to display a video.
When i run the application and click on the video hyperlink link , nothing happens. But if i load the same page in android browser, then it launches a default video player and everything works fine.
I debugged it furthers by putting a log statement in shouldOverrideUrlLoading method and noticed that, when the hyperlink is clicked it gets redirected to another link and then to another link (final video streaming url).
My question is : why would the link work perfectly in default android browser and not through a webview.
Thanks

What is happening is when you click the hyperlink, that link probably has some popups inside of it. You need to define the onCreateWindow function in your webview's WebChromeClient. This handles how calls to open new windows or popups are handled.
public boolean onCreateWindow (WebView view, boolean dialog, boolean userGesture, Message resultMsg) {
((WebView.WebViewTransport) resultMsg.obj).setWebView(myWebView);
resultMsg.sendToTarget();
return true;
}

After declaring your WebView you should set javascript enabled, then your WebView will work as a browser.
For example:
WebView mwebview = new WebView(this);
setContentView(mwebview);
mwebview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
or
mwebview.getSettings().setPluginState(PluginState.ON); // this is for newer API's

Basically, do not expect your embedded WebView works the same as Android default Browser. The default Browser is built on the same WebView, but there are lots a customization. (Especially around the no-standard uri, HTML5 stuff)
I followed code from here: WebView and HTML5 <video>, and I put the video link to a video tag, and I got the Video playing in my own version of WebView. The behavior is a little different from the default Browser. Given more time, we could figure that out by looking at its code, but anyways ...

Keeping a webView contained in Android?

Hey everyone! Im pretty new to Android and I have a webView under 2 other widgets on the screen(Or w/e you call it). But when ever I navigate the webView, its changes to full screen and i cant see my other widgets. Ive looked all over Google but couldn't find anything, is there some way I can fix this?
Im using this code to navigate:
webView.loadUrl("http://www.example.com/");
Thank you.

webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url){
view.loadUrl(url);
return true;
}
});
when you do webView.loadUrl("www.example.com") or if there is a redirection when a hyperlink is clicked or something similar, the android device browser is started. I believe you are stuck with this. Try pasting the above code before you call the webView.loadUrl("www.example.com")
What we are essentially doing is asking the webview to load the url, instead of opening it in the device browser.

How to display a website and a button in one activity?

I'm making an application that contains button's and those buttons control an embedded browser. My problem is that I want to see the button's and the web page in the same layout, but when i click on a button this will open a web page and don't show the button, can anyone help me?

If I understand correctly your problem is that following a link opens the standard browser not your WebView, right ?
Add this to your WebView to change that behavior
// this is to prevent that when clicking a new URL from the displayed
// page the default web browser launches
webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
#Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
view.loadUrl(url);
return true;
}
});

You need to use a Layout that supports more than one child. Take a look here