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 … Read more
I figured out what the issue was : missing quotes in the testEcho() parameter. This is how I got the call to work: myWebView.loadUrl(“javascript:testEcho(‘Hello World!’)”);
The following was missing: settings.setDomStorageEnabled(true);
I use something like this in my activities with WebViews: @Override public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) { if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) { switch (keyCode) { case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK: if (mWebView.canGoBack()) { mWebView.goBack(); } else { finish(); } return true; } } return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event); } Edit: For this code to work, you need to add … Read more
Extend WebViewClient and call onPageFinished() as follows: mWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() { public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) { // do your stuff here } });
Answering my question based on the suggestions from Maudicus and Hit. Check the WebView tutorial here. Just implement the web client and set it before loadUrl. The simplest way is: myWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()); For more advanced processing for the web content, consider the ChromeClient.