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);
            }

            }
        }

score 97 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '13 at 13:03

97

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.

private class CustomWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
        @Override
            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
              if(url.contains("message2space.es.vu")) {
                view.loadUrl(url);
              } else {
                Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
                startActivity(i);
              }
              return true;
            }
        }

answered Aug 01 '13 at 13:03

onit

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Can we have long click listener on webview links? – TheOnlyAnil Apr 13 '15 at 12:40
Now i ve done this. However the app crashes because some ActivityNotFoundException. – superUser May 06 '15 at 20:54
@superUser You should open up your own question. – onit May 07 '15 at 12:53
@TheOnlyAnil You should open up your own question. – onit May 07 '15 at 12:54
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`shouldOverrideUrlLoading` is deprecated. – Meet Vora Oct 09 '17 at 11:05

score 28 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '17 at 17:52

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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;
        }
    });

answered Jul 08 '17 at 17:52

Hativ

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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... – sunadorer Aug 07 '18 at 12:09
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Request.getUrl() has min SDK 21 requirements. – Sergio Sep 23 '19 at 08:49

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 05 '19 at 21:16

 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;
            }
        });

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 20 '15 at 10:43

5

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 '15 at 10:43

Anand Savjani

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Open external links in the browser with android webview

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