Webview email link (mailto)
Solution 1
You have to create a subclass of WebViewClient and override mailto URL loading. Example:
public class MyWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
private final WeakReference<Activity> mActivityRef;
public MyWebViewClient(Activity activity) {
mActivityRef = new WeakReference<Activity>(activity);
}
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
if (url.startsWith("mailto:")) {
final Activity activity = mActivityRef.get();
if (activity != null) {
MailTo mt = MailTo.parse(url);
Intent i = newEmailIntent(activity, mt.getTo(), mt.getSubject(), mt.getBody(), mt.getCc());
activity.startActivity(i);
view.reload();
return true;
}
} else {
view.loadUrl(url);
}
return true;
}
private Intent newEmailIntent(Context context, String address, String subject, String body, String cc) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { address });
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, body);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC, cc);
intent.setType("message/rfc822");
return intent;
}
}
Then you have to set this custom WebViewClient to your WabView:
webView.setWebViewClient(new MyWebViewClient(activity);
Solution 2
You should update your's WebViewClient with the following:
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
proceedUrl(view, Uri.parse(url))
return true;
}
@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.N)
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {
proceedUrl(view, request.getUrl());
return true;
}
private void proceedUrl(View view, Uri uri){
if (uri.toString().startsWith("mailto:")) {
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri));
} else if (uri.toString().startsWith("tel:")) {
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, uri));
} else {
view.loadUrl(uri.toString());
}
}
Solution 3
Note : - After Android Nougat shouldOverrideUrlLoading
is Deprecated
You need to use shouldOverrideUrlLoading
along with shouldOverrideUrlLoading
for better support.
Also, you might want to check if URL have mailto:
or tel:
, which are used in HTML5 to trigger mail client and phone dial respectively.
A complete solution will look like this now
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
if (url.startsWith("mailto:")) {
//Handle mail Urls
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse(url)));
} else if (url.startsWith("tel:")) {
//Handle telephony Urls
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, Uri.parse(url)));
} else {
view.loadUrl(url);
}
return true;
}
@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.N)
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {
final Uri uri = request.getUrl();
if (uri.toString().startsWith("mailto:")) {
//Handle mail Urls
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri));
} else if (uri.toString().startsWith("tel:")) {
//Handle telephony Urls
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, uri));
} else {
//Handle Web Urls
view.loadUrl(uri.toString());
}
return true;
}
omer341
Updated on March 02, 2021Comments
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omer341 about 3 years
I have a view and view the site has malito code to send email. When I open the link opens in an error. I want that when I open the link opens Gmail app or another email application. Thanks to all helpers.
public class teacher extends Activity implements OnClickListener { WebView webView; final Activity activity = this; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); this.getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_PROGRESS); setContentView(R.layout.teacher); webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView145); webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); webView.loadUrl("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/233211/%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F/iWebKit%20demo/ther.html"); webView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() { public void onProgressChanged(WebView view, int progress) { activity.setTitle("Loading..."); activity.setProgress(progress * 100); if (progress == 100) activity.setTitle(R.string.app_name); } }); webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() { @Override public void onReceivedError(WebView view, int errorCode, String description, String failingUrl) { // Handle the error } @Override public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) { view.loadUrl(url); return true; } });} public void onBackPressed() { if (webView.canGoBack()) { webView.goBack(); } else { Intent B = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class); startActivity(B); }} @Override public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) { if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) { switch (keyCode) { case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK: if (webView.canGoBack() == true) { webView.goBack(); } else { finish(); }return true;} } return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event); } @Override public void onClick(View arg0) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub }}
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omer341 over 10 yearsI'am can't add this: "webView.setWebViewClient(new WestwingWebViewClient(activity);" to my webview. Because westwingWebViewClient cannot be resolved
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Tomas Žemaitis over 10 yearsUpdated answer. You should set your new created custom WebViewClient, which is MyWebViewClient
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Glenn85 about 8 yearsWhy the
view.loadUrl(url);
in the else? Wouldn't it be possible to simplyreturn false;
after the if and not have the else? -
Quentin G. over 7 yearsI suggest replacing the last line of "newEmailIntent" with
return Intent.createChooser(intent, "THE TITLE OF THE CHOOSER");