Handling Redirects in Android WebView

[Rao]

Hi,

I am developing a android application, Within the application I am
trying to Load a URL using WEBVIEW. Afer i submit the data in the
opened webpage, it gets redirected to some other URL. My requirement
is to get the complete Redirected URL within my android application.

I didnt see any events/ API methods which can be used to notify URL
Redirect.

Are there any way to listen for URL redirects within my application
and then retrieve the URL.

Thanks
Rao

[Mark Murphy]

Redirects are handled via a WebViewClient and
shouldOverrideUrlLoading(), as are clicks on ordinary links.

Post by Rao
Hi,
I am developing a android application, Within the application I am
trying to Load a URL using WEBVIEW. Afer i submit the data in the
opened webpage, it gets redirected to some other URL. My requirement
is to get the complete Redirected URL within my android application.
I didnt see any events/ API methods which can be used to notify URL
Redirect.
Are there any way to listen for URL redirects within my application
and then retrieve the URL.
Thanks
Rao
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[renuka]

yeah, but how do tell if it's a redirect?

Unless you can tell by examining the URL, probably you can't tell if
it is a redirect.

You can create your own webclient and overrideonPageFinished(...)
onPageStarted(..) shouldOverrideUrlLoading(...)

Try these.. you we get complete redirected url...

[Eugene Prokopenko]

*It is 2018 now, but if someone still got the problem like this, I've fount
a dicision.You can listen for URL redirects in method
shouldOverrideUrlLoading(...) it's still true, but ALL redirects webview
recognizes as clicks inside web page, as Mark Murphy mentioned before.To
prevent this (not an idial variant, but it works) you can listen touch
event on your webview,something like this:*

@Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
if (v.getId() == R.id.web_view && event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
isTouched = true;
}
return false;
}

*Finally, when user will click on the webpage link, you will have this
*

*isTouched* *variable. You can now use it in method like this:
*

@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String urltoGo) {
if (isTouched) return true; /*really clicked link*/
else return false; /*just redirect*/
}

[Eugene P]

*It is 2018 now, but if someone still got the problem like this, I've found
a dicision.You can listen for URL redirects in method
shouldOverrideUrlLoading(...) it's still true, but ALL redirects webview
recognizes as clicks inside web page, as Mark Murphy mentioned before.To
prevent this (not an idial variant, but it works) you can listen touch
event on your webview,something like this:*

@Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
if (v.getId() == R.id.web_view && event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
isTouched = true;
}
return false;
}

*Finally, when user will click on the webpage link, you will have this
*

*isTouched* *variable. You can now use it in method like this:
*

@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String urltoGo) {
if (isTouched) return true; /*really clicked link*/
else return false; /*just redirect*/
}