Unable to hide webview after url loads

Question

I am using the following code to hide the webview if a url ends with a particular string.

 webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
    @Override
    public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
        if (url.endsWith("index.asp")) {
             Toast.makeText(getActivity().getApplicationContext(),"Login successfull",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            webview.setVisibility(view.GONE);
        }
    }
 });

but the webview still remains if the url ends with index.asp( for example "http://abc.def/index.asp")

why you are hiding webview `onPageFinished`? Check if the url ends with that string. If not open webview, otherwise dont show it at all. — hrskrs, Sep 02 '15 at 05:44
Try to wrap webview by LinearLayout or FragmentView. Did you read this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7942219/show-hide-webview-issue ? — Vyacheslav, Sep 02 '15 at 05:47
debug and test if the condition you are checking is satisfying. — Rohit Jagtap, Sep 02 '15 at 05:47
@hrskrs I have a login page which is loaded into the webview when the app starts and when user enter their details,another url opens containing index.asp, but I don't want to display the content of that urlmHence hiding the webview. — toadalskiii, Sep 02 '15 at 05:48
@rj yes the condition is satisfied,I have checked it with a toast. — toadalskiii, Sep 02 '15 at 05:49
@toadalskiii do you namely want to use webview? try to use jsoup library — Vyacheslav, Sep 02 '15 at 05:50
try this `onPageFinished(WebView view, String url){ view.setVisibility(view.GONE);` — Rohan Pawar, Sep 02 '15 at 05:50
@trololo jsoup is static lib,It can't allow dynamic process like login. — toadalskiii, Sep 02 '15 at 05:51
@RohanPawar It can't be used,even if it worked,then the initial login page would also not visible. — toadalskiii, Sep 02 '15 at 05:52
@toadalskiii of couse, you can do everything you want . add custom edit text forms in order to login. — Vyacheslav, Sep 02 '15 at 05:53
@trololo thats the different scenario,but for now I just want to use webviewclient. — toadalskiii, Sep 02 '15 at 05:55
@toadalskiii ok. you decision. did you read the link I wrote before? — Vyacheslav, Sep 02 '15 at 06:01
@trololo I have read the link referred,but it loads a blank page with zoom controls and after login I also want to display a toast for successful login which is not shown when I load blank page. — toadalskiii, Sep 02 '15 at 06:12

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 02 '15 at 05:52

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instead of:

webview.setVisibility(view.GONE);

use:

view.setVisibility(view.GONE);

answered Sep 02 '15 at 05:52

hrskrs

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Maybe if you post more code we can help you, otherwise a bad solution can be to wrap `WebView` in a `FrameView` and if it satisfies your condition show that `frameview` othervise hide it`(Visibility.GONE)` – hrskrs Sep 02 '15 at 06:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

As discussed here How to listen for a Webview finishing loading a URL in Android? sometimes webview url will redirect the call backs. it means onPageFinished() will call several times (more than one time). If it is the case you should check the redirect states aswell for your url call backs in onPageFinished() method

boolean loadingFinished = true;
boolean redirect = false;

mWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {

   @Override
   public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String urlNewString) {
       if (!loadingFinished) {
          redirect = true;
       }

   loadingFinished = false;
   view.loadUrl(urlNewString);
   return true;
   }

   @Override
   public void onPageStarted(WebView view, String url, Bitmap facIcon) {
        loadingFinished = false;
        //SHOW LOADING IF IT ISNT ALREADY VISIBLE  
    }

   @Override
   public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
       if(!redirect){
          loadingFinished = true;
       }

       if(loadingFinished && !redirect){
         //HIDE LOADING IT HAS FINISHED
                 if (url.endsWith("index.asp")) {
                    webview.setVisibility(view.GONE);
                  }

       } else{
          redirect = false; 
       }

    }
});

Hope it will helps

how could I use this - string url="", the url is the one fetched by webview and it is dynamic. — toadalskiii, Sep 02 '15 at 05:54
did you printed your url's ? is it correctly loading and getting back in your onPageFinished() method ? — King of Masses, Sep 02 '15 at 06:23
I have tried if(url.contains("index.asp")) but in the if condition the toast is getting printed successfully but webview is not hidden. — toadalskiii, Sep 02 '15 at 06:28
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/88540/discussion-between-king-of-masses-and-toadalskiii). — King of Masses, Sep 02 '15 at 06:32

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 02 '15 at 05:51

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Try to use the other library if you do not want to draw the content on a view. For instane, jsoup library.

answered Sep 02 '15 at 05:51

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 02 '15 at 06:52

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Can you check by clearing animation if you have set any since i had same problem with layout not disappearing on setVisibility(View.Gone).. Try this

webview.clearAnimation();

it helped me.

edited Sep 02 '15 at 06:52

Awais Tariq

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answered Sep 02 '15 at 06:20

Isham

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Unable to hide webview after url loads

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