Thanks. But my use case is I would know the MIME type of the data only after I get the data. So using WebViewClient won't help me. As I would not know the MIME when user has selected the link...
On Jul 15, 1:40 pm, Jason Proctor <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hi > > >Can anyone help me to understand how WebView decided which content it > >can render and which it can't? For example I am inside a webview > >select a link and if the link sends an XML file I want my application > >to handle to data instead of WebView, > > >Is this possible? > > >Thanks, > > >-Amit > > install a WebViewClient in your WebView and override > shouldOverrideUrlLoading(). you can then decide what to do about a > particular link and return whether the WebView should do anything > about it or not. > > this works most of the time for me. the only problem is that the link > handler is *not* called when you reload the same URL - and the same > URL in this instance means the same host and path, regardless of > parameters. it's logged as an issue. > > -- > jason.software.particle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
