Android WebView opening link

Question

I am coding an Android app in Android Studio, I have an Activity with a WebView and would like to know if there is a way to detect a hyperlink a user clicks in the WebView

I want to be able to detect if the link is link1.com it will continue and open like normal but if its link2.com it cancels and opens another activity

Answer 1

Use this to Check the url and perform your task

private class MyWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {

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

        if(url.equals(link2)){
            Intent i = new Intent (Youractivityname.this, SecondActivity.class);
            startactivity(i);
        }

        return true;
    }

}

Answer 2

do as answered by Faizal Abbas.Create a class extending WebViewClient,override the method shouldOverrideUrlLoading(),then set the WebViewClient to your webview.

WebView webView=yourWevView; webView.setWebViewClient(new MyWebViewClient());

Answer 3

For what you need, you have to use a WebViewClient like this:

WebView webView = findViewById(R.id.webView);
webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {

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

        if(url.contains("link2.com")){//if url contains link2.com open new activity
            startactivity(new Intent(CurrentActivity.this, SecondActivity.class)); //replace CurrentActivity with the activity where you are writing this code and SecondActivty with the activity you want to open
        }

        else {
            //do nothing, webview will load that link
        }

        return true;
    }    

});