How to send a referer request in a url for a webView

Question

I need to display a web page in my Android app which is looking for a referer to bypass the security. I\'m new to Android so I know how to display the web page in a web view

Answer 1

You will need to use Intent Filters to capture and modify WebView requests.

Assuming that you need to specify doamin.com/page.html as referrer

1. Setup intent filters to capture all http requests in WebView
2. If request is for "doamin.com/page.html", return pre-defined page that has a refresh tag to send user to "http://www.mywebsite.com"
3. domain.com/page.html would be sent as a referrer to mywebsite.com

In newer APIs you can specify headers in loadUrl itself.

Answer 2

For which API-level do you need that function?

Since API Level 8 there is a second loadUrl function:

  public void loadUrl (String url, Map<String, String> extraHeaders)

With the extraHeaders you should be able to send a referrer.

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EDIT:

Here is a complete working example:

  String url = "http://www.targetserver.tld/";

  Map<String, String> extraHeaders = new HashMap<String, String>();
  extraHeaders.put("Referer", "http://www.referer.tld/login.html");

  WebView wv;
  wv = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
  wv.loadUrl(url, extraHeaders);