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Android WebView: shouldOverrideUrlLoading not called when user taps on local fragment identifier

In my Android app I am using shouldOverrideUrlLoading to intercept when the user taps on a link inside a local HTML page displayed in a WebView. I need to handle all cases, even when the link is to a local fragment identifier in the page, like href="samepage.html#fragment". But I see that in this case shouldOverrideUrlLoading is not called. How could I handle this case?

Solution

  • If you can modify the content it would be best to use window.onhashchange in your JavaScript. If needed you could use addJavaScriptInterface to "talk back" to your Java code.