Clicking URLs opens default browser

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I have loaded an external URL in my WebView  Now what I need is that when the user clicks on the links on the page loaded  it has to work like a normal browser and open the link in the same WebView  But it s opening the default browser and loading the page there   I have enabled JavaScript  But still it s not working  Have I forgotten something

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Add this 2 lines in your code -  mWebView setWebChromeClient new WebChromeClient      mWebView setWebViewClient new WebViewClient

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If you re using a WebView you ll have to intercept the clicks yourself if you don t want the default Android behaviour   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   If you look at the WebView sample in the SDK there s an example which does just what you want   It s as simple as   private class HelloWebViewClient extends WebViewClient        Override     public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading WebView view  String url            view loadUrl url           return true

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Arulx Z s answer was exactly what I was looking for   I m writing an app with Navigation Drawer with recyclerview and webviews  for keeping the web browsing inside the app regardless of hyperlinks clicked  thus not launching the external web browser   For that it will suffice to put the following 2 lines of code    mWebView setWebChromeClient new WebChromeClient      mWebView setWebViewClient new WebViewClient       exactly under your WebView statement   Here s a example of my implemented WebView code   public class WebView1 extends AppCompatActivity     Override public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout activity main        WebView wv    WebView  findViewById R id wv1     webview statement     wv setWebViewClient new WebViewClient          the lines of code added     wv setWebChromeClient new WebChromeClient       same as above      wv loadUrl  http   www google com         this way  every link clicked in the website will load inside your WebView   Using Android Studio 1 2 2 with all SDK s updated

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in some cases you might need an override of onLoadResource if you get a redirect which doesn t trigger the url loading method  in this case i tried the following    Override public void onLoadResource WebView view  String url        if  url equals  http   redirectexample com                    do your own thing here           else               super onLoadResource view  url

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Official documentation says  click on a link in a WebView will launch application that handles URLs  You need to override this default behavior      myWebView setWebViewClient new WebViewClient              Override         public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading WebView view  String url                return false                      or if there is no conditional logic in the method simply do this  myWebView setWebViewClient new WebViewClient

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The method boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading WebView view  String url  was deprecated in API 24  If you are supporting new devices you should use boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading  WebView view  WebResourceRequest request    You can use both by doing something like this    if Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES N        newsItem setWebViewClient new WebViewClient              Override         public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading WebView view  WebResourceRequest request                view loadUrl request getUrl   toString                 return true                      else       newsItem setWebViewClient new WebViewClient              Override         public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading WebView view  String url                view loadUrl url               return true

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