WebView: Stop from opening links in browser and keep in app

Question

So I'm very new to Java and I'm using webview in my android app to show my responsive site page. I realize I should develop a dedicated app but I'm just not that good yet.

That being said, when someone uses a link in my site, it tries to open a browser window on their phone and I would rather it keep them in the app. Here is my current webview configuration. I've tried a few solutions I've read here but none of them seem to work (likely due to my limited knowledge).

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        String url ="http://dirtywasted.com/";
        WebView view=(WebView) this.findViewById(R.id.webView);
        view.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        view.loadUrl(url);
    }

What should I add to this to keep links clicked inside the app?

Answer 1

You can set a WebClient to webview and override the shouldOverrideUrlLoading like:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    String url ="http://dirtywasted.com/";
    WebView view=(WebView) this.findViewById(R.id.webView);
    view.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    view.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
            @Override
            public bool shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
                //url will be the url that you click in your webview.
                //you can open it with your own webview or do
                //whatever you want

                //Here is the example that you open it your own webview.
                view.loadUrl(url);
                return true;
            }       
         });
    view.loadUrl(url);
}