Android problems opening downloads and urls with mailto and tel

Question

So I am stuck on a issue with my webapp that runs inside a webview from android studio.

I want download like pdf file to be downloaded and opend in the native app on the phone. This work fine by using the download manager from android studio. How ever I also have links that start with "mailto:" and "tel:" those links give me an error when I don't override the method "shouldOverrideUrlLoading" where I can check what kind of url it is. And then open the propper inten.

So when I combine the 2 the downloadmanager and the custom NavigationHandler that extends the WebViewClient, it doesn't work as expected.

For a better understanding of what is happening.

1. When I hit a button with a pdf file it downloads the file gives a toast message and opens the file with the native app on the phone. This is without overriding the "shouldOverrideURLLoading" and without my class that extends the WebViewClient.

2. When I also use my own NavigationHandler witch extends from WebViewClient, my urls with "mailto:" and "tel:" open with native apps on the phone. When I now hit a button with a pdf file it is opend in a browser to be downloaded. Witch I don't want. I have tried numerous things to solf the problem but until now without succes.

I run a website app inside of a WebViewClient.

PS sorry for the shitty code but it's new to me and haven't find my way jet in coding in Android Studio.

My NavigationHandler class

package nl.firejob.selector;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;

public class NavigationHandler extends WebViewClient {

    private static final String TEL_PREFIX = "tel:";
    private static final String MAILTO_PREFIX = "mailto:";

    @Override
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {

        if ( url.startsWith( TEL_PREFIX ) ) {
            // This is a tel link, which should be opened with the native thing.
            Intent tel = new Intent( Intent.ACTION_DIAL, Uri.parse( url ) );

            view.getContext().startActivity( tel );
            return true;
        } else if ( url.startsWith( MAILTO_PREFIX ) ) {
            // This is a mail link, which should be opened with the other native thing.
            Intent mail = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
            mail.setType("message/rfc822");
            mail.setData(Uri.parse( url ));

            view.getContext().startActivity( mail );
            return true;
        } else if ( Uri.parse(url).getHost().startsWith("myurl.com") ) {
            // This is what we want to show in the app, so let the WebView handle it.
            return false;
        }

        // Otherwise, the link is not for a page on my site, so launch another Activity that handles URLs
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse( url ) );

        view.getContext().startActivity( intent );
        return true;
    }
}

My MainActivity Class

package nl.firejob.selector;

import android.Manifest;
import android.app.DownloadManager;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;

import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.webkit.DownloadListener;
import android.webkit.WebSettings;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.File;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private WebView mWebView;
    private DownloadManager dm;
    private Long myDownloadReference;
    private BroadcastReceiver receiveDownloadComplete;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);

        // Allow webview to use javascript
        WebSettings webSettings = mWebView.getSettings();
        webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);


        // Stop local links/redirects from opening in browser instead of WebView
        mWebView.setWebViewClient(new NavigationHandler() {

            @Override
            public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
                // Show the webview
                findViewById(R.id.webView).setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

                // Hide splashscreen objects
                findViewById(R.id.imageLogo).setVisibility(View.GONE);
                findViewById(R.id.textLogo).setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }

        });

        mWebView.setDownloadListener(new DownloadListener() {

            @Override
            public void onDownloadStart(String url, String userAgent, String contentDisposition, String mimetype, long contentLength) {

                if( haveStoragePermission()) {

                    Log.i("download url",url);

                    //for downloading directly through download manager
                    DownloadManager.Request request = new DownloadManager.Request(Uri.parse(url));

                    request.allowScanningByMediaScanner();
                    request.setVisibleInDownloadsUi(true);
                    request.setDescription("Doorvoerboek").setTitle("doorvoerboek.pdf");
                    request.setNotificationVisibility(DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED);
                    request.setDestinationInExternalPublicDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS, "doorvoerboek.pdf");
                    dm = (DownloadManager) getSystemService(DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);

                    myDownloadReference = dm.enqueue(request);

                    IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter( dm.ACTION_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE);


                    receiveDownloadComplete = new BroadcastReceiver(){

                        @Override
                        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

                            long reference = intent.getLongExtra(DownloadManager.EXTRA_DOWNLOAD_ID, -1);

                            if (myDownloadReference == reference) {
                                DownloadManager.Query query = new DownloadManager.Query();
                                query.setFilterById(reference);
                                Cursor cursor = dm.query(query);
                                cursor.moveToFirst();
                                int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(DownloadManager.COLUMN_STATUS);
                                int status = cursor.getInt(columnIndex);
                                int fileNameIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(DownloadManager.COLUMN_TITLE);
                                String saveFilePath = cursor.getString(fileNameIndex);
                                Log.i("filename",saveFilePath);
                                int columnReason = cursor.getColumnIndex(DownloadManager.COLUMN_REASON);
                                int reason = cursor.getInt(columnReason);

                                switch (status){
                                    case DownloadManager.STATUS_SUCCESSFUL:
                                        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Download Complete", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                                        Log.i("dir", Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).getAbsolutePath() );

                                        File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).getAbsolutePath() +"/doorvoerboek.pdf");
                                        Intent intentView = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
                                        intentView.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file),"application/pdf");
                                        intentView.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY);
                                        startActivity(intentView);
                                        break;
                                }

                            }

                        }

                    };

                    registerReceiver(receiveDownloadComplete,intentFilter);
                }
            }

        });



        mWebView.loadUrl("http://myurl.com/");

    }


    public  boolean haveStoragePermission() {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 23) {
            if (checkSelfPermission(android.Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
                    == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                Log.e("Permission error","You have permission");
                return true;
            } else {

                Log.e("Permission error","You have asked for permission");
                ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, 1);
                return false;
            }
        }
        else { //you dont need to worry about these stuff below api level 23
            Log.e("Permission error","You already have the permission");
            return true;
        }
    }



    @Override
    public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        if ((keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) && mWebView.canGoBack()) {
            //if Back key pressed and webview can navigate to previous page
            mWebView.goBack();
            // go back to previous page
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            finish();
            // finish the activity
        }
        return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
    }

}

Answer 1

This code downloads any file.

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    webview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);
    spinner = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar1);
    webview.setWebViewClient(new CustomWebViewClient());

    webview.getSettings().setUseWideViewPort(true);
    webview.getSettings().setLoadWithOverviewMode(true);

    webview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
    webview.getSettings().setDisplayZoomControls(false);

    webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    webview.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
    webview.setOverScrollMode(WebView.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER);
    webview.loadUrl("http://www.website.com");


//Download file code stackoverflow.com
    webview.setDownloadListener(new DownloadListener() {
        @Override
        public void onDownloadStart(String url, String userAgent,
                                    String contentDisposition, String mimetype,
                                    long contentLength) {

            DownloadManager.Request request = new  DownloadManager.Request(Uri.parse(url));
            request.allowScanningByMediaScanner();
            request.setNotificationVisibility(DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED);
            DownloadManager dm = (DownloadManager) getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);
            dm.enqueue(request);

            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "downloading",
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();



        }

    });
// Download section of code

}  // Close of onCreate




 // mailto code  stackoverflow.com
    @Override
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {

        if( url.startsWith("http:") || url.startsWith("https:") ) {
            return false;
        }
        // Otherwise allow the OS to handle it
        else if (url.startsWith("tel:")) {
            Intent tel = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, Uri.parse(url));
            startActivity(tel);
            return true;
        }
        else if (url.startsWith("mailto:")) {

            String body = "Enter your Question, Enquiry or Feedback below:\n\n";
            Intent mail = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);

            Intent intent = mail.setType("application/octet-stream");
            MailTo recipient = MailTo.parse(url);
            mail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{recipient.getTo()});
            mail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Contact");
            mail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, body);
            startActivity(mail);
            return true;
        }
        return true;
    }

}
// mailto section of code