How to add "Go Back" function in WebView inside Fragment?

android, android-fragments, android-webview

Solution

Perhaps its android restriction. Try to do this using handler.

public final class TestFragment extends Fragment {


    static WebView mWeb;
    private View mContentView;

    private Handler handler = new Handler(){
        @Override
        public void handleMessage(Message message) {
            switch (message.what) {
                case 1:{
                    webViewGoBack();
                }break;
            }
        }
    };

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,Bundle savedInstanceState) {   

        mContentView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.webview, null);
        mWeb = (WebView)mContentView.findViewById(R.id.webview);

        WebSettings settings = mWeb.getSettings();
        settings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        settings.setSupportZoom(false);
        mWeb.setScrollBarStyle(View.SCROLLBARS_INSIDE_OVERLAY);
        mWeb.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(false);
        mWeb.loadUrl("myurl...");
        mWeb.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener(){

            public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
                if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK 
                        && event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP 
                        && mWeb.canGoBack()) {
                    handler.sendEmptyMessage(1);
                    return true;
                }

                return false;
            }

        });

    }   

    private void webViewGoBack(){
        mWeb.goBack();
    }
}

Problem

UPDATE: Solved! Problem was related to my Viewpager not WebView. I'm trying to add a "Go Back" function to my `WebView` which is inside a `Fragment`. But I can't figure out how to: ``` public final class TestFragment extends Fragment { static WebView mWeb; private View mContentView; @Override public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) { mContentView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.webview, null); mWeb = (WebView)mContentView.findViewById(R.id.webview); WebSettings settings = mWeb.getSettings(); settings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true); settings.setSupportZoom(false); mWeb.setScrollBarStyle(View.SCROLLBARS_INSIDE_OVERLAY); mWeb.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(false); mWeb.loadUrl("myurl..."); mWeb.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener(){ public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) { if ((keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) && mWeb.canGoBack()) { mWeb.goBack(); return true; } return false; } }); } } ``` I also tried something like: ``` @Override public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) { if ((keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) && mWeb.canGoBack()) { mWeb.goBack(); return true; } return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event); } ``` Another solution but same problem: ``` @Override public void onBackPressed() { if(webView.canGoBack()) webView.goBack(); else super.onBackPressed(); } ``` Any ideas how to get this working?

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