WebViewClient not calling shouldOverrideUrlLoading

Question

The problem is rather simple. In the application we want to keep track of the current url being displayed. For that we use shouldOverrideUrlLoading callback fr

Answer 1

Maybe this helps someone, although the signature in the question is correct, but Android Studio suggests the following method signature:

public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {

which then never called. It took me a while to notice that the right signature is:

public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {

Sorry if this not 100% fit the question, but I believe this may help someone in the same situation. It's not always easy to notice that the second parameter is different.