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So I'm very new to Java and I'm using webview in my android app to show my responsive site page. I realize I should develop a dedicated app but I'm just not that good yet.

That being said, when someone uses a link in my site, it tries to open a browser window on their phone and I would rather it keep them in the app. Here is my current webview configuration. I've tried a few solutions I've read here but none of them seem to work (likely due to my limited knowledge).

 @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); String url ="http://dirtywasted.com/"; WebView view=(WebView) this.findViewById(R.id.webView); view.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); view.loadUrl(url); }

What should I add to this to keep links clicked inside the app?

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You can set a WebClient to webview and override the shouldOverrideUrlLoading like:

@Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); String url ="http://dirtywasted.com/"; WebView view=(WebView) this.findViewById(R.id.webView); view.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); view.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() { @Override public bool shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) { //url will be the url that you click in your webview. //you can open it with your own webview or do //whatever you want //Here is the example that you open it your own webview. view.loadUrl(url); return true; } }); view.loadUrl(url); }
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In fact, you don't need to override shouldOverrideUrlLoading, just setting a WebViewClient does the job: view.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient())
But if you want to handle the url with other behaviour, for example, open it in other activity, you should override this method to get the url.

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