Android disable WebView touch but keep zooming/scrolling

Question

I am looking for a method to disable touch on a WebView so user\'s are not able to click on html links but keep the zooming and scrolling functions of the WebView.

Answer 1

Here is my solution. It does not let a user trigger javascript click events

public class NonClickableWebView extends WebView {
    private GestureDetectorCompat gestureDetector;
    private boolean isSingleTap = false;

    public NonClickableWebView(Context context) {
        super(context);
        gestureDetector = new GestureDetectorCompat(context, new GestureDetector());
    }

    public NonClickableWebView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
        gestureDetector = new GestureDetectorCompat(context, new GestureDetector());
    }

    public NonClickableWebView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        gestureDetector = new GestureDetectorCompat(context, new GestureDetector());
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
        if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
            isSingleTap = false;
        }
        gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event);

        if (isSingleTap && event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
            return true;
        }

        return super.onTouchEvent(event);
    }

    private class GestureDetector extends android.view.GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener {
        @Override
        public boolean onSingleTapUp(MotionEvent e) {
            isSingleTap = true;
            return false;
        }

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