Webview Back Button

Question

Wondering how to make webview go back.

Tried putting in the webview back on press but it seems that with my code it's not working. Not sure if i initiated it, still confused about this.

Also is it possible to get rid of scrollbars in webview? i found some posts about it but am still on the fence about how exactly to put it into my code

package com.webapp.area956;

  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.view.KeyEvent;
  import android.view.Menu;
  import android.webkit.WebView;
  import android.webkit.WebViewClient;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {





@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    WebViewClient yourWebClient = new WebViewClient()

        {
           // Override page so it's load on my view only
           @Override
           public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView  view, String  url)
           {
            // This line we let me load only pages inside Firstdroid Webpage
            if ( url.contains("area956") == true )
               // Load new URL Don't override URL Link
               return false;

            // Return true to override url loading (In this case do nothing).
            return true;
           }
       };

    String url = "http://www.area956.com";
    WebView view = (WebView) this.findViewById(R.id.webView1);
    view.setWebViewClient(yourWebClient);
    view.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    view.getSettings().setJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically(true);
    view.loadUrl(url);

}
public void onBackPressed (){

    if (WebView.canGoBack()) {
            WebView.goBack();       
    }
    else {
            super.onBackPressed();
            finish();
    }
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return true;
}

}

Raghunandan · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-27T07:45:54.073

0

Have webview as a class member

WebView view;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

Then initialize

view = (WebView) this.findViewById(R.id.webView1);
view.setWebViewClient(yourWebClient);
view.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
view.getSettings().setJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically(true);
view.loadUrl(url);

Then use onKeyDown

@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) 
{
    if ((keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) && view.canGoBack()) {
        view.goBack();
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
          finish();
          return true;
    }
}

You have declared WebView view in onCreate and initialized it there. So it becomes local to onCreate.

Edit:

You can also use onBackPressed as of 2.0

http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2009/12/back-and-other-hard-keys-three-stories.html

  public void onBackPressed (){
    super.onBackPressed();
    if (view.canGoBack()) {
            view.goBack();       
    }
    else {

            finish();
    }
}

edited Oct 27 '13 at 07:45

answered Oct 27 '13 at 07:39

Raghunandan

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AWESOME! HELL YEAH! Thanks so much, mind if i ask another question in regards to allowing external sites to open in the browser. Would it be the opposite of what i have for shouldoverrideurlloading? – user2923771 Oct 27 '13 at 07:55
you can use intent and provide the url and open the link in browser. – Raghunandan Oct 27 '13 at 08:09
Intent? i know it's a lot to ask but would you mind explaining that as well? – user2923771 Oct 27 '13 at 08:11
@user2923771 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2201917/how-can-i-open-a-url-in-androids-web-browser-from-my-application. check the answer – Raghunandan Oct 27 '13 at 08:12
Intent goes after the Webview class? I placed it there and am getting an error. `WebView view; Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://www.google.com")); startActivity(browserIntent); ` – user2923771 Oct 27 '13 at 08:27
place it in activity class inside button click it opens in browser and not webview – Raghunandan Oct 27 '13 at 08:27
Okay got it! thanks again, would i create a different intent for each site i want to open in the browser? – user2923771 Oct 27 '13 at 08:30
@user2923771 left to you how your design should be – Raghunandan Oct 27 '13 at 08:32
thanks so much for all your help! I greatly appreciate your insight and completely hope you have an awesome day! – user2923771 Oct 27 '13 at 08:35

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