webchromeclient – Tarik Billa

Are WebViewClient and WebChromeClient mutually exclusive?

February 16, 2023 by Tarik

You certainly can use both, they just have different functions. Setting your own custom WebViewClient lets you handle onPageFinished, shouldOverrideUrlLoading, etc., WebChromeClient lets you handle Javascript’s alert() and other functions. Just make your own class, for example: public class MyWebChromeClient extends WebChromeClient { //Handle javascript alerts: @Override public boolean onJsAlert(WebView view, String url, String message, … Read more

What’s the difference between setWebViewClient vs. setWebChromeClient?

October 2, 2022 by Tarik

From the source code: // Instance of WebViewClient that is the client callback. private volatile WebViewClient mWebViewClient; // Instance of WebChromeClient for handling all chrome functions. private volatile WebChromeClient mWebChromeClient; // SOME OTHER SUTFFF……. /** * Set the WebViewClient. * @param client An implementation of WebViewClient. */ public void setWebViewClient(WebViewClient client) { mWebViewClient = client; … Read more