How to show loading image or progress bar on WebView

Question

I have a webView in android that loads a particular site, i want to display a loading icon or progress bar on clicking any of the links inside the webView.

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Answer 1

First, you have to figure out when the click happens :

webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() { 
            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url){
                webView.loadUrl(url); 
                // Here the String url hold 'Clicked URL' 
                return false; 
            } 
        });

Then, you have to put the Progressbar in a FrameLayout with your WebView.

So, when the click happens, you can show your progressbar inside your Activity.

webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() { 
            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url){
            if (url.equals("your_url"){
            progressbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            } 
                return false; 
            } 
        });