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I started using Flutter's WebView plugin to show a Facebook feed in my application. I am wanting to limit what the application user is allowed to do in the application webview, in other words, I don't want them to be able to access another other facebook domains that are outside of the initial page that I am showing. I don't want the user to be able to log in to Facebook but rather than just be able to see this open Facebook Feed that doesn't require an account.
I tried hosting the Facebook Page plugin which is an iFrame or Javascript SDK plugin, but I haven't had any luck since the webview isn't made to handle this. Instead, I decided to just link to the Facebook Page via the URL. I want to avoid the user from browsing all over Facebook, so the best way that I can think is to limit the URLs.
I am using the WebView widget:
return WebView(
initialUrl: 'https://www.facebook.com/specific-facebook-page-here',
javascriptMode: JavascriptMode.disabled,
);
Is there any way where I can monitor their URL and avoid them accessing portions of the Facebook Domain?
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It’s a Flutter plugin that allows you to incorporate WebView widgets into your Flutter app, to use headless WebViews, or to use In-App browsers. So, what’s the difference between webview_flutter (Official flutter plugin) and flutter_webview_plugin ?
Flutter web apps support two ways of configuring URL-based navigation on the web: Paths are read and written to the hash fragment . For example, flutterexample.dev/#/path/to/screen. Paths are read and written without a hash. For example, flutterexample.dev/path/to/screen.
Set the withLocalUrl option to true in the launch function or in the Webview scaffold to enable support for local URLs. Note that, on iOS, the localUrlScope option also needs to be set to a path to a directory. All files inside this folder (or subfolder) will be allowed access.
In the Accessibility Inspector, select Inspection > Enable Point to Inspect , and then select the various user interface elements in running Flutter app to inspect their accessibility attributes Inspect the HTML tree containing the ARIA attributes generated by Flutter.
In navigationDelegate compare url string, the demo is block https://flutter.dev/docs and https://www.youtube.com/
navigationDelegate: (NavigationRequest request) {
if (request.url.startsWith('https://www.youtube.com/')) {
print('blocking navigation to $request}');
return NavigationDecision.prevent;
}
if (request.url.startsWith('https://flutter.dev/docs')) {
print('blocking navigation to $request}');
return NavigationDecision.prevent;
}
print('allowing navigation to $request');
return NavigationDecision.navigate;
},
full code
// Copyright 2018 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
import 'dart:async';
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:webview_flutter/webview_flutter.dart';
void main() => runApp(MaterialApp(home: WebViewExample()));
const String kNavigationExamplePage = '''
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head><title>Navigation Delegate Example</title></head>
<body>
<p>
The navigation delegate is set to block navigation to the youtube website.
</p>
<ul>
<ul><a href="https://www.youtube.com/">https://www.youtube.com/</a></ul>
<ul><a href="https://www.google.com/">https://www.google.com/</a></ul>
<ul><a href="https://www.google.com/">https://nodejs.org/en</a></ul>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
''';
class WebViewExample extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_WebViewExampleState createState() => _WebViewExampleState();
}
class _WebViewExampleState extends State<WebViewExample> {
final Completer<WebViewController> _controller =
Completer<WebViewController>();
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: const Text('Flutter WebView example'),
// This drop down menu demonstrates that Flutter widgets can be shown over the web view.
actions: <Widget>[
NavigationControls(_controller.future),
SampleMenu(_controller.future),
],
),
// We're using a Builder here so we have a context that is below the Scaffold
// to allow calling Scaffold.of(context) so we can show a snackbar.
body: Builder(builder: (BuildContext context) {
return WebView(
initialUrl: 'https://flutter.dev',
javascriptMode: JavascriptMode.unrestricted,
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController webViewController) {
_controller.complete(webViewController);
},
// TODO(iskakaushik): Remove this when collection literals makes it to stable.
// ignore: prefer_collection_literals
javascriptChannels: <JavascriptChannel>[
_toasterJavascriptChannel(context),
].toSet(),
navigationDelegate: (NavigationRequest request) {
if (request.url.startsWith('https://www.youtube.com/')) {
print('blocking navigation to $request}');
return NavigationDecision.prevent;
}
if (request.url.startsWith('https://flutter.dev/docs')) {
print('blocking navigation to $request}');
return NavigationDecision.prevent;
}
print('allowing navigation to $request');
return NavigationDecision.navigate;
},
onPageFinished: (String url) {
print('Page finished loading: $url');
},
);
}),
floatingActionButton: favoriteButton(),
);
}
JavascriptChannel _toasterJavascriptChannel(BuildContext context) {
return JavascriptChannel(
name: 'Toaster',
onMessageReceived: (JavascriptMessage message) {
Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(
SnackBar(content: Text(message.message)),
);
});
}
Widget favoriteButton() {
return FutureBuilder<WebViewController>(
future: _controller.future,
builder: (BuildContext context,
AsyncSnapshot<WebViewController> controller) {
if (controller.hasData) {
return FloatingActionButton(
onPressed: () async {
final String url = await controller.data.currentUrl();
Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(
SnackBar(content: Text('Favorited $url')),
);
},
child: const Icon(Icons.favorite),
);
}
return Container();
});
}
}
enum MenuOptions {
showUserAgent,
listCookies,
clearCookies,
addToCache,
listCache,
clearCache,
navigationDelegate,
}
class SampleMenu extends StatelessWidget {
SampleMenu(this.controller);
final Future<WebViewController> controller;
final CookieManager cookieManager = CookieManager();
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return FutureBuilder<WebViewController>(
future: controller,
builder:
(BuildContext context, AsyncSnapshot<WebViewController> controller) {
return PopupMenuButton<MenuOptions>(
onSelected: (MenuOptions value) {
switch (value) {
case MenuOptions.showUserAgent:
_onShowUserAgent(controller.data, context);
break;
case MenuOptions.listCookies:
_onListCookies(controller.data, context);
break;
case MenuOptions.clearCookies:
_onClearCookies(context);
break;
case MenuOptions.addToCache:
_onAddToCache(controller.data, context);
break;
case MenuOptions.listCache:
_onListCache(controller.data, context);
break;
case MenuOptions.clearCache:
_onClearCache(controller.data, context);
break;
case MenuOptions.navigationDelegate:
_onNavigationDelegateExample(controller.data, context);
break;
}
},
itemBuilder: (BuildContext context) => <PopupMenuItem<MenuOptions>>[
PopupMenuItem<MenuOptions>(
value: MenuOptions.showUserAgent,
child: const Text('Show user agent'),
enabled: controller.hasData,
),
const PopupMenuItem<MenuOptions>(
value: MenuOptions.listCookies,
child: Text('List cookies'),
),
const PopupMenuItem<MenuOptions>(
value: MenuOptions.clearCookies,
child: Text('Clear cookies'),
),
const PopupMenuItem<MenuOptions>(
value: MenuOptions.addToCache,
child: Text('Add to cache'),
),
const PopupMenuItem<MenuOptions>(
value: MenuOptions.listCache,
child: Text('List cache'),
),
const PopupMenuItem<MenuOptions>(
value: MenuOptions.clearCache,
child: Text('Clear cache'),
),
const PopupMenuItem<MenuOptions>(
value: MenuOptions.navigationDelegate,
child: Text('Navigation Delegate example'),
),
],
);
},
);
}
void _onShowUserAgent(
WebViewController controller, BuildContext context) async {
// Send a message with the user agent string to the Toaster JavaScript channel we registered
// with the WebView.
controller.evaluateJavascript(
'Toaster.postMessage("User Agent: " + navigator.userAgent);');
}
void _onListCookies(
WebViewController controller, BuildContext context) async {
final String cookies =
await controller.evaluateJavascript('document.cookie');
Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(SnackBar(
content: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.end,
mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
children: <Widget>[
const Text('Cookies:'),
_getCookieList(cookies),
],
),
));
}
void _onAddToCache(WebViewController controller, BuildContext context) async {
await controller.evaluateJavascript(
'caches.open("test_caches_entry"); localStorage["test_localStorage"] = "dummy_entry";');
Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(const SnackBar(
content: Text('Added a test entry to cache.'),
));
}
void _onListCache(WebViewController controller, BuildContext context) async {
await controller.evaluateJavascript('caches.keys()'
'.then((cacheKeys) => JSON.stringify({"cacheKeys" : cacheKeys, "localStorage" : localStorage}))'
'.then((caches) => Toaster.postMessage(caches))');
}
void _onClearCache(WebViewController controller, BuildContext context) async {
await controller.clearCache();
Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(const SnackBar(
content: Text("Cache cleared."),
));
}
void _onClearCookies(BuildContext context) async {
final bool hadCookies = await cookieManager.clearCookies();
String message = 'There were cookies. Now, they are gone!';
if (!hadCookies) {
message = 'There are no cookies.';
}
Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(SnackBar(
content: Text(message),
));
}
void _onNavigationDelegateExample(
WebViewController controller, BuildContext context) async {
final String contentBase64 =
base64Encode(const Utf8Encoder().convert(kNavigationExamplePage));
controller.loadUrl('data:text/html;base64,$contentBase64');
}
Widget _getCookieList(String cookies) {
if (cookies == null || cookies == '""') {
return Container();
}
final List<String> cookieList = cookies.split(';');
final Iterable<Text> cookieWidgets =
cookieList.map((String cookie) => Text(cookie));
return Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.end,
mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
children: cookieWidgets.toList(),
);
}
}
class NavigationControls extends StatelessWidget {
const NavigationControls(this._webViewControllerFuture)
: assert(_webViewControllerFuture != null);
final Future<WebViewController> _webViewControllerFuture;
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return FutureBuilder<WebViewController>(
future: _webViewControllerFuture,
builder:
(BuildContext context, AsyncSnapshot<WebViewController> snapshot) {
final bool webViewReady =
snapshot.connectionState == ConnectionState.done;
final WebViewController controller = snapshot.data;
return Row(
children: <Widget>[
IconButton(
icon: const Icon(Icons.arrow_back_ios),
onPressed: !webViewReady
? null
: () async {
if (await controller.canGoBack()) {
controller.goBack();
} else {
Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(
const SnackBar(content: Text("No back history item")),
);
return;
}
},
),
IconButton(
icon: const Icon(Icons.arrow_forward_ios),
onPressed: !webViewReady
? null
: () async {
if (await controller.canGoForward()) {
controller.goForward();
} else {
Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(
const SnackBar(
content: Text("No forward history item")),
);
return;
}
},
),
IconButton(
icon: const Icon(Icons.replay),
onPressed: !webViewReady
? null
: () {
controller.reload();
},
),
],
);
},
);
}
}
You can see block information in demo picture
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