Manipulate the url a webview gets before it starts loading

Question

I would like to add the current location as a request variable to URL\'s loaded in the webview so I can use this information on the page without reloads or extra requests.

Answer 1

Yes, change the Url before you call for loadUrl. You can create one function which modifies the Url and call it for loadUrl and in shouldOverrideUrlLoading

public Url addLocationToUrl(Url url) {  
    Url newUrl = url;
    //do something with url
    return newUrl;
}   

loadUrl(addLocationToUrl(someUrl));

//and in your WebViewClient
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
    mWebView.loadUrl(addLocationToUrl(someUrl));
    return true;
}