How to read clicked link's url on WebView without going new url?

Issue

I have a Webiew. I want read clicked link's url but Webiew mustn't go this url. WebView must stay same page.

Example: User clicks "https://stackoverflow.com/questions" button and app read this link. But WebView must still stay on "https://stackoverflow.com/" without refresh. I can read clicked link's URL but i can't stop the WebView, it goes to new url.

Solution

As @Sudheesh suggest you should extend WebView provide an new implementation of shouldOverrideUrlLoading. Is the same case of Web View onclick event for a specific link in that webview .

I think you should avoid to call super.shouldOverrideUrlLoading(view, url); to prevent the default behaviour.

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        WebView wv = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.myWebView);
        wv.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){
            @Override
            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
                if(isURLMatching(url)) {
                    openNextActivity();
                    return true;
                }
                //return super.shouldOverrideUrlLoading(view, url);
                return false;
            }
        });
    }

    protected boolean isURLMatching(String url) {
            // some logic to match the URL would be safe to have here
        return true;
    }

    protected void openNextActivity() {
        Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyNextActivity.class);
        startActivity(intent);
    }

Answered By - Panciz