Open link from Webview in a browser?

YeShito

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Nov 2, 2015, 10:07:12 PM11/2/15

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Hi,
how can I open link from from Webview in a browser? I want to use it for notifications, there should be only small Webview at the bottom, with 2 lines of text or link. If they click on the link, it should open the URL in a browser.
thanks

Chris Hopkin

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Nov 3, 2015, 9:05:40 AM11/3/15

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Hi YeShito

You can call app.LoadUrl() from within your html page to open a Url in a new browser when you click a link. This is a method I've used before:

<html>
 <head>
 <title>Hello World!</title>
 <script src='file:///android_asset/app.js'></script>
 </head>
 <body>
 <p>Hello World!</p>
 
 <a href="http://google.com">Open google.com in WebView</a>
 
 <p></p>
 
 <!-- id='extLink' identifies this link as one to open in a browser in document.onclick -->
 <a id="extLink" href="http://google.com">Open google.com in Browser</a>
 
 <script>
 
    // Override link clicks to open url in a browser
    document.onclick = function(e) {        
        if(e.target.id === "extLink")
        {
            app.OpenUrl(e.target.href);
            
            // return false to prevent default action 
            // and stop event propagation
            return false;
        }
        
        return true;
    };
 
 </script>
 </body>
</html>

Dave Smart

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Nov 3, 2015, 9:19:10 AM11/3/15

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Of course you don't need to use a WebView to create a link. You could just do it like we do in the DroidScript About box by using a TextView control like this:-

//Create forum link.

var txtForum = app.CreateText( "" );

txtForum.SetMargins( 0, 0.04, 0,0 );

txtForum.SetTextSize( 16 );

txtForum.SetTextColor("#56AEF2");

txtForum.SetHtml( "<u>Discussion Group</u>" );

txtForum.SetOnTouchDown( txtForum_OnTouchDown );

layAbout.AddChild( txtForum );

//Launch forum link,

function txtForum_OnTouchDown()

{

app.OpenUrl( "http://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/androidscript" );

}

YeShito

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Nov 3, 2015, 9:32:09 AM11/3/15

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Hi, thanks for the answers. I have used the second method many times with Text control, but now I need the method with the web page, so I can change the text and the link anytime. I didnt know how to use the function OpenURL from web page, it looks like this is exactly what I need.

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