Android WebView touch event link

Question

Hey,

I have a webview with a banner and when I click on the banner there should open a second webview that follows the link. How can I do that? I have created the first WebView and it shows my banner but when I click on it, it opens the link in the same WebView.

How can I catch any events in the WebView when I click on a link that it should do something (with that link)? Just like shouldStartLoadWithRequest in iPhone.

Thank you,

Wouter

Answer 1

You can monitor events in a WebView using a WebViewClient. The method you want is shouldOverrideUrlLoading(). This allows you to perform your own action when a particular URL is selected.

You set the WebViewClient of your WebView using the setWebViewClient() method.