WebView getting rid of double tap zoom.

Question

I read many tickets on the topic of Zooming in WebViews and didnt came to an answer for my case.

Here´s my setup:

I´m using a custom webview with generally

Answer 1

If possible, replace the static meta tag in your html:

Additionally you can use a nice script: FastClick
It won't wait for tap events so its faster.

Then set a double tap listener to your gesture detector. (in custom WebView)

gestureDetector.setOnDoubleTapListener(new OnDoubleTapListener() {

    @Override
    public boolean onSingleTapConfirmed( MotionEvent e ) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onDoubleTapEvent( MotionEvent e ) {

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onDoubleTap( MotionEvent e ) {

        return true;
    }
});

Override the onTouchEvent method (in custom WebView):

@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent( MotionEvent event ) {

    boolean gestureHandled = gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
    int actionMask = event.getActionMasked() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK;
    int index = ( event.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_INDEX_MASK) >> MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_INDEX_SHIFT;
    int pointId = event.getPointerId(index);

    // ignore move events
    if (actionMask == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE) {

        return super.onTouchEvent(event);
    }

    // cancel detected double taps
    if (gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event)) {
        event.setAction(MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL);
        super.onTouchEvent(event);
        return true;
    }

    // if you want to ignore multi touch events/taps
    if (pointId != 0) {

        System.out.println("KEY multiple points detected");
        return true;
    }

    // use single taps
    if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {

        event.setAction(MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL);
        super.onTouchEvent(event);
        event.setAction(MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN);
        super.onTouchEvent(event);
        event.setAction(MotionEvent.ACTION_UP);
        return true;
    }

return super.onTouchEvent(event);
}