I do implemented few applications, that can open the URL/Web Link through Web browser.
Just goggling to find if there is any way or approach to
Open the URL Link straight with in the app, without launch it in web browser, but i couldn't find the exact answer...
Does anyone has any idea friends??
All you need is a WebView see that tutorial
Layout Code :
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello_world" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/urlField"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:ems="10" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@+id/urlField"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:onClick="open"
android:text="@string/browse" />
<WebView
android:id="@+id/webView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_below="@+id/button1" />
</RelativeLayout>
Java Code :
package com.example.webview;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Window;
import android.webkit.WebSettings;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private EditText field;
private WebView browser;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
field = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.urlField);
browser = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webView1);
browser.setWebViewClient(new MyBrowser());
}
public void open(View view){
String url = field.getText().toString();
browser.getSettings().setLoadsImagesAutomatically(true);
browser.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
browser.setScrollBarStyle(View.SCROLLBARS_INSIDE_OVERLAY);
browser.loadUrl(url);
}
private class MyBrowser extends WebViewClient {
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
view.loadUrl(url);
return true;
}
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
}
manifest File :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.webview"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.webview.MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Have you heard about WebView? Using webview you can create your own browser in your app. Just google "Webview", you will get many good examples for this.
You could use a Webview class if you want a view want to shown or you could use Rest/Post webservices with HttpUrlConnection/Androidhttpclient classes if you are interested in data part and dont want a view to be shown
Use the code:
WebView varWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
varWebView.loadUrl("http://www.example.com");
also you can pass custom HTML to webview using loadData() as below:
String strCustomHtml = "<html><head></head><body>Hello, World!</body></html>";
varWebView.loadData(strCustomHtml, "text/html", "UTF-8");
