Is there a better way to refresh WebView?

Question

Ok. I have looked EVERYWHERE and my little brain just can't understand a better way to refresh an activity. Any suggestions that I can understand would be great. :)

Here is the java code:

package com.dge.dges;  import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.webkit.WebView; import android.widget.Button;  public class dgeActivity extends Activity {      WebView mWebView;      /** Called when the activity is first created. */     @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.main);          mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);         mWebView.getSettings();         mWebView.loadUrl("http://www.websitehere.php");                  Button newButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.new_button);         newButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {             public void onClick(View v) {                 Intent intent = new Intent(dgeActivity.this, dgeActivity.class);                 startActivity(intent);             }         });     } } 

And here is the main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:id="@+id/RelativeLayout"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent"     android:background="#000000">      <WebView         android:id="@+id/webview"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"          android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:scrollbars="none"/>      <Button         android:id="@+id/new_button"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"         android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"         android:text="Refresh"/>  </RelativeLayout> 

I don't like the idea of just re-stacking activity after activity. There has to be an easier way to refresh the webview. Please help. :)

Answer 1

You could call an mWebView.reload(); That's what it does

Answer 2

1) In case you want to reload the same URL:

mWebView.loadUrl("http://www.websitehere.php"); 

so the full code would be

newButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {    public void onClick(View v) {     dgeActivity.this.mWebView.loadUrl("http://www.websitehere.php");    }}); 

2) You can also call mWebView.reload() but be aware this reposts a page if the request was POST, so only works correctly with GET.