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

Add webView.getSetting().setMixedContentMode(WebSettings.MIXED_CONTENT_ALWAYS_ALLOW); then shouldOverrideUrl will be triggered.

Answer 2

I had the same problem like you, and I've finished with extending of WebViewChromeClient with listening for callback to

public void onReceivedTitle(WebView view, String title)

mWebView.setWebChromeClient(mSWWebChromeClient);

private WebChromeClient mSWWebChromeClient = new WebChromeClient() {

        @Override
        public void onReceivedTitle(WebView view, String title) {
            super.onReceivedTitle(view, title);
            if (!view.getUrl().equals(mCurrentUrl)) {
                mCurrentUrl = view.getUrl();
                //make something
            }
        }

    }; 

Answer 3

public class AndroidMobileAppSampleActivity extends Activity {
 /** Called when the activity is first created. */
String mCurrentUrl="";
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    WebView mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.mainWebView);

    WebSettings webSettings = mWebView.getSettings();
    webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

    mWebView.setWebViewClient(new MyCustomWebViewClient());
    mWebView.setScrollBarStyle(View.SCROLLBARS_INSIDE_OVERLAY);

    mWebView.loadUrl("https://m.pandora.net/es-es/products/bracelets/556000");

}

private class MyCustomWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
    @Override
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
        mCurrentUrl = url;
        Log.i("mCurrentUrl",""+mCurrentUrl);  
        view.loadUrl(url);

        return true;
    }
}
}

try this one...

Answer 4

Please omit mWebView.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);

Then again try, if a new url found then will invoke shouldOverrideUrl()

Answer 5

Another approach you can try: Catch the url by javascript side. Initialize your webView with this:

webView.addJavascriptInterface(new WebAppInterface(getActivity()), "Android");

After page is completely loaded (You can use an algorithm to check this like this https://stackoverflow.com/a/6199854/4198633), then:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
    webView.evaluateJavascript("(function() {return window.location.href;})", new ValueCallback<String>() {
        @Override
        public void onReceiveValue(String url) {
            //do your scheme with variable "url"
        }
    });
} else {
    webView.loadUrl("javascript:Android.getURL(window.location.href);");
}

And declare your WebAppInterface:

public class WebAppInterface {
    Activity mContext;

    public WebAppInterface(Activity c) {
        mContext = c;
    }

    @JavascriptInterface
    public void getURL(final String url) {
        mContext.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                //do your scheme with variable "url" in UIThread side. Over here you can call any method inside your activity/fragment
            }
        });

    }

}

You can do something like that to get url, or anything else inside the page.

Answer 6

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.