WebView + WebChromeClient method onCreateWindow not called for target=“_blank”

Question

I\'m trying to develop a custom browser with WebView using Android API level 10 (sdk 2.3.3), unfortunately I don\'t know how to interc

Answer 1

Make sure you set supportMultipeWindows to true. Without it the onCreateWindow of the WebChromeClient will never get called.

WebSettings settings = webView.getSettings();
settings.setSupportMultipleWindows(true);

Then register a WebChromeClient and override onCreateWindow

 webView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
        @Override public boolean onCreateWindow(WebView view, boolean dialog, boolean userGesture, Message resultMsg)
        {
            WebView newWebView = new WebView(getContext());
            addView(newWebView);
            WebView.WebViewTransport transport = (WebView.WebViewTransport) resultMsg.obj;
            transport.setWebView(newWebView);
            resultMsg.sendToTarget();
            return true;
        }
    });