WebView not registering onclick javascript links

Question

I have the following class.

import android.app.Activity;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  private WebView w;
  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    w = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.activity_main_webview);
    w.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    w.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
    w.getSettings().setDisplayZoomControls(false);
    w.setClickable(true);
    w.loadUrl("https://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_alert");
  }
  @Override
  public void onBackPressed() {
    if(w.canGoBack())w.goBack();
    else super.onBackPressed();
  }
}

If you try clicking on the Try it alert box nothing fires.

How do I fix the WebView?

Nika Kurdadze · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-04T10:57:02.840

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Just set the default WebChromeClient :

w.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());

edited Mar 04 '17 at 10:57

answered Mar 04 '17 at 10:50

Nika Kurdadze

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '17 at 10:48

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The webview does not show an AlertDialog automatically. You have to use setWebChromeClient to set a WebChromeClient and then override onJsAlert to show an AlertDialog.

answered Mar 04 '17 at 10:48

hoomi

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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Similar question asked here WebView blocking pop up windows? Try adding these:

    webView.getSettings().setPluginsEnabled(true);
    webView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true);
    webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically(true);

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

Community

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answered Mar 04 '17 at 10:50

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WebView not registering onclick javascript links

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