Enable back button in WebView

Question

I am just starting out with the Android SDK. I wanted to make a simple app with WebView that displays local web-pages only. I have used examples I have found on the net to m

Answer 1

Override onKeyDown(params), check if the key pressed is back button ,check if the webview can navigate to previous page, if so naviagate to previous page. If there is no web page to display you can finish the actiivty

You can use the below

@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
    if ((keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) && webView.canGoBack()) { 
            //if Back key pressed and webview can navigate to previous page
        webView.goBack();
            // go back to previous page
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
        finish();
           // finish the activity
    }
    return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
}

Edit:

Remove the scrollview in xml layout. Try the below

Edit:2

Here's a sample that works. Tested on samsung galaxy s3

activtiy_main.xml

MainActivity

 public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 private WebView webView;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);


        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.wv);
        webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        webView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
               public void onProgressChanged(WebView view, int progress) {
                MainActivity.this.setProgress(progress * 1000);
               }
             });
             webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
               public void onReceivedError(WebView view, int errorCode, String description, String failingUrl) {
                 Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Oh no! " + description, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
               }
             });

             webView.loadUrl("http://slashdot.org/");

}   



@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
    if ((keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) && webView.canGoBack()) {
        webView.goBack();
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
        finish();
    }
    return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
}
}