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 105 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 14 '23 at 22:27

105

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")) {
        view.loadUrl(url);
    } else {
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, request.getUrl());
        startActivity(intent);
    }
    return true;
}

edited Mar 14 '23 at 22:27

kalucki23

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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
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@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 30 · 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 10 · 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 6 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 20 '15 at 10:43

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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 '15 at 10:43

Anand Savjani

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Open external links in the browser with android webview

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