Android WebView Javascript getSelection

Question

I am having some trouble getting the selection from a WebView in Android.

I can get the WebView to go into selection mode. I can even get it to copy the text to the

Answer 1

Finally, in Android 4.4 KitKat, the WebView is now based on Chromium.

Therefore we have access to window.getSelection()!!

wv.evaluateJavascript("console.log(window.getSelection().baseNode.nodeValue);", null);

Tested on Nexus 5 & Nexus 7.