How to force open of a new browser in Android (from a webpage)?

Question

I have an application that reads a webpage.

The problem is that my application buit-in browser can't read the content correctly. But if I open the link with the chrome of firefox application it works fine in the mobile.

I have control only over the webpage. So I would like to to know:

It's possible to a web page to make the mobile application open the browser selector like Firefox, Chrome (like target="_blank" in html champ).
There is any web tool to process the javascript online and render a simpler view to my mobile browser?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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You can add the following code to your webview:

webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) 
    {
        if (url != null && url.startsWith("http://")) 
        {
            view.getContext().startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url)));
            return true;
        } 
        else
        {
           return false;
        }
   }
});

For more info, check here.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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answered Nov 18 '16 at 15:03

Michalis Vitos

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But in this case the code is added in the mobile application right? I have access only to the page web. – Matheus Oliveira Nov 18 '16 at 15:08
Hmm... now I get it... would something like this be useful? https://github.com/eusonlito/jquery.applink – Michalis Vitos Nov 18 '16 at 15:21

How to force open of a new browser in Android (from a webpage)?

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