Android Webview Anchor Link (Jump link) not working

Question

I have a WebView in my Android App that is loading an HTML string using the loadDataWithBaseURL() method. The problem is that local anchor links (

Answer 1

WebView in Android 4.0 fails to open URLs with links in them. e.g. "file:///android_asset/help.html#helplinkcontacts"

Here is how I got around it

WebView wv = (WebView) nagDialog.findViewById(R.id.wv);
wv.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
wv.setWebViewClient(new MyWebViewClient(link));
wv.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/help.html");

And define the custom WebViewClient class

class MyWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
    private String link;

    public MyWebViewClient(String link) {
        this.link = link;
    }

    @Override
    public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
        if (!"".equals(link) && link != null)
            view.loadUrl("javascript:location.hash = '#" + link + "';");
    }
}