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Adding alert() support to a WebView - Android
/*
Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20160516165158/http://lexandera.com/2009/01/adding-alert-support-to-a-webview/
*/
final WebView browser = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.browser);
/* JavaScript must be enabled if you want it to work, obviously */
browser.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
final Context myApp = this;
/* WebChromeClient must be set BEFORE calling loadUrl! */
browser.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
@Override
public boolean onJsAlert(WebView view, String url, String message, final android.webkit.JsResult result)
{
new AlertDialog.Builder(myApp)
.setTitle("javaScript dialog")
.setMessage(message)
.setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok,
new AlertDialog.OnClickListener()
{
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which)
{
result.confirm();
}
})
.setCancelable(false)
.create()
.show();
return true;
};
});
/* load a web page which uses the alert() function */
browser.loadUrl("http://lexandera.com/files/jsexamples/alert.html");
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