“Hello, WebView” tutorial opens the requested address in Android browser and not in my webview

Question

I am using Android emulator with AVD of Android 2.1 and I have the following problem: Trying to load a URL in a WebView using webView.loadUrl causes it to o

Answer 1

The URL you are trying to visit probably has a redirect. Redirects behave like link clicks and will by default open in the Browser. Make sure the URL you are visiting does not do a redirect (e.g., HTTP 301 response), or use WebViewClient and shouldOverrideUrlLoading() to catch these and re-route them back to the WebView.