Android Question How to Auto-Redirect My Website from Android WebView Apps to an External Browser?

[faniry]

Attempt 1: Using googlechrome:

if (/android/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
  window.location.href = `googlechrome://${window.location.href.replace(/^https?:\/\//, '')}`;
}

Result: The link stays inside LinkedIn’s WebView (no redirection happens).

Attempt 2: Using Android Intent

if (/android/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
  const intentUrl = `intent://${window.location.href.replace(/^https?:\/\//, '')}#Intent;scheme=https;package=com.android.chrome;end`;
  window.location.href = intentUrl;
}

Result: The page loads infinitely inside LinkedIn’s WebView.

I Need a way to force the link to open in Chrome (or the default browser) only when possible.


iOS: Works with this code
On iOS, I managed to force the link to open in Safari using the following code:

if (userAgent.includes('Mobile') && (userAgent.includes('iPhone') || userAgent.includes('iPad')) && userAgent.includes('LinkedInApp')) {
    window.location.href = 'x-safari-' + url;
    return;
}

 

[drgottjr]

keep it simple: window.location = 'intent://www.b4x.com/';

and then:

Sub webview_OverrideUrl (Url As String) As Boolean
    If Url.startsWith("intent://") Then
        Try
            Dim intnt As Intent
            
            intnt.Initialize(intnt.ACTION_VIEW,Url.Replace("intent","https"))
            intnt.AddCategory("android.intent.category.BROWSABLE")
            StartActivity(intnt)
            Return True
         Catch
            Log("WebView Failed to parse intent URL")
         End Try
    Else
        Return False
    End If

End Sub

works for me anrdoid 12 & 15

 

[faniry]

Thank you for your response . However, I don't have control over the app's code in this case. My goal is to bypass the WebView of the LinkedIn app and force an automatic redirection to an external browser on Android. This behavior is already working on iOS, as I mentioned on the forum. Do you have any suggestions on how to achieve this specifically for the LinkedIn WebView?

 

[drgottjr]

my understanding regarding any similar behavior with android is that handling webview's webviewclient's shouldOverrideUrlLoading() method is required.