How to create a simple android browser? - android-webview

Question

I simply want to create an apk that will take a url, and open a window and simply run like a browser
so far I have:
public class Browser extends Activity {
WebView mWebView;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
mWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
mWebView.loadUrl("http://www.google.com");
}
}
This works fine, except when i open a link it'll take me to the actual browser, I'm having trouble where to place this code to override links opening in a new browser:
private class HelloWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
#Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
view.loadUrl(url);
return true;
}
}

Answer 1

WebView has a setWebViewClient method.
so you'd do something like
mWebView.setWebViewClient(new HelloWebViewClient());

Answer 2

Check out my project called FriarFramework, which is an ebook app publisher.
It basically takes a collection of HTML files locally and packages them up into a WebView.
https://github.com/hanchang/Friar-Framework

Answer 3

Try this
webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
#Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
view.loadUrl(url);
return true;
}
#Override
public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
});

Answer 4

mWebView.setWebViewClient(new HelloWebViewClient());
This should be enough.
for more see the official doc about Building web apps in WebView

Answer 5

You have to implement WebViewClient.
You can detect URL inside shouldOverrideUrlLoading() method:
browser.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
#Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
// You can have URL here
}
});