Load intent:// url in WebView

handle Intent type url in WebView Programmatically!

Probably, you may be looking for Url's that starts with this suffix >>> intent://... and you may confused, how you can control this type of Url , Okay don't worry, i am here to fix your problem, as well as discuss and customize its behaviour.

To contorl this Url we must implement WebViewClient in our WebView Activity Like this >>>

C:\Users\Nurujjaman Pollob\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Nurujjaman Pollob\src\nurujjaman\pollob\Package.java

 1 /*
 2  * Copyright 2020 Nurujjaman Pollob.
 3  *
 4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 7  *
 8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14  * limitations under the License.
15  */
16 package nurujjaman.pollob;
17 
18 /**
19  *
20  * @author Nurujjaman Pollob
21  */
22 public class Package extends AppCompatActivity {
23     
24     WebView web;
25     
26     
27  @Override
28     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
29         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
30         
31         
32         //Setting UP WebViewClient
33           web.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){
34               
35               //We will code here to handle Intent Type Url
36               
37           });
38           
39           }
40 
41 
42     }
43       

Than Copy/Paste below Code! for your help, i have implemented more url type handle in this code

Can Compatible with all Android Version (Include 10.0)

C:\Users\Nurujjaman Pollob\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Nurujjaman Pollob\src\nurujjaman\pollob\Package.java

  1 /*
  2  * Copyright 2020 Nurujjaman Pollob.
  3  *
  4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  7  *
  8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  9  *
 10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 14  * limitations under the License.
 15  */
 16 package nurujjaman.pollob;
 17 
 18 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 19 import javax.naming.Context;
 20 
 21 /**
 22  *
 23  * @author Nurujjaman Pollob
 24  */
 25 public class Package extends AppCompatActivity {
 26     
 27     WebView web;
 28     
 29     
 30  @Override
 31     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 32         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 33         
 34         
 35         //Setting UP WebViewClient
 36           web.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){
 37               
 38               //We will code here to handle Intent Type Url
 39               
 40             @Override
 41             public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
 42 
 43 
 44 
 45 
 46                 if(url.startsWith("http://")|| url.startsWith("https://")){
 47 
 48 
 49                     view.loadUrl(url);
 50 
 51 
 52                 }
 53 
 54                 if (url.startsWith("intent://")) {
 55                     try {
 56                         Context context = view.getContext();
 57                         Intent intent = Intent.parseUri(url, Intent.URI_INTENT_SCHEME);
 58 
 59                         if (intent != null) {
 60                             view.stopLoading();
 61 
 62                             PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
 63                             ResolveInfo info = packageManager.resolveActivity(intent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
 64                             if (info != null) {
 65                                 context.startActivity(intent);
 66                             } else {
 67                                 String fallbackUrl = intent.getStringExtra("browser_fallback_url");
 68                                 view.loadUrl(fallbackUrl);
 69 
 70                                 // or call external broswer
 71 //                    Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(fallbackUrl));
 72 //                    context.startActivity(browserIntent);
 73                             }
 74 
 75                             return true;
 76                         }
 77                     } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
 78 
 79                         Toast.makeText(MainBrowser.this, "Failed to process this intent >>>  " + e,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 80                     }
 81                 }
 82 
 83 
 84 
 85 
 86                 if(url.startsWith("mailto:")){
 87                     Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse(url));
 88 
 89 
 90                     startActivity(intent);
 91 
 92                 }
 93 
 94 
 95                 if (url.startsWith("tel:")) {
 96                     Intent intent;
 97                     intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL,
 98                             Uri.parse(url));
 99                     startActivity(intent);
100                 }
101 
102 
103                 return true;
104             }
105 
106 
107 
108             @TargetApi(24)
109             public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {
110 
111                     web.loadUrl(request.getUrl().toString());
112 
113                     if(request.getUrl().toString().startsWith("mailto:")){
114                         Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse(request.getUrl().toString()));
115                         startActivity(intent);
116 
117                     }
118 
119 
120                 if(request.getUrl().toString().startsWith("intent://")) {
121                     try {
122                         Context context = view.getContext();
123                         Intent intent = Intent.parseUri(request.getUrl().toString(), Intent.URI_INTENT_SCHEME);
124 
125                         if (intent != null) {
126                             view.stopLoading();
127 
128                             PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
129                             ResolveInfo info = packageManager.resolveActivity(intent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
130                             if (info != null) {
131                                 context.startActivity(intent);
132                             } else {
133                                 String fallbackUrl = intent.getStringExtra("browser_fallback_url");
134                                 view.loadUrl(fallbackUrl);
135 
136                                 // or call external broswer
137 //                    Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(fallbackUrl));
138 //                    context.startActivity(browserIntent);
139                             }
140 
141                             return true;
142                         }
143                     } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
144 
145                         Toast.makeText(MainBrowser.this, "Failed to process this intent >>>  " + e,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
146                     }
147                 }
148 
149 
150                     if (request.getUrl().toString().startsWith("tel:")) {
151                         Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL,
152                                 Uri.parse(request.getUrl().toString()));
153                         startActivity(intent);
154                         
155                         
156 }
157 
158 
159 
160                     if(request.getUrl().toString().startsWith("http://")|| request.getUrl().toString().startsWith("https://")){
161 
162                         web.loadUrl(request.getUrl().toString());
163 
164 
165                 }
166 
167                 return true;
168             }
169 
170               
171           });
172           
173           }
174 
175 
176     }
177     
178     
179    
180 
181  
182