Noob here again - Webview

[canalrun]

Hello,
For an About page in my app, I am using a Webview and an HTML file added to my project.

My HTML file is very simple and straightforward, but it has one Mailto link and one HTTP link to a page on my Internet site.

The HTTP link works properly, but the Mailto link opens a page saying:

webpage not available
the webpage at mailto: [email protected]?Subject= myapp%20 might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new address.

The same file works properly, as expected, in Firefox.

The code I use to open my webpage is borrowed from this forum

str = File.GetText(File.DirAssets, "myapp.html")
WebView1.LoadHtml(str)

Is a Mailto link allowed in the Webview?

Thanks,
Barry.

 

[Erel]

It will be possible to handle mailto links manually in v1.5. You will be able to capture the link and then decide if you want to process it manually or automatically.

 

[andrewtheart]

Is this implemented in version 1.5 (actually I have v1.6)

Thanks

andrew

 

[pluton]

Why don't you add Mail To when user press menu button

It goes something like this:

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
activity.AddMenuItem2("Mail Author","mailme",LoadBitmap(File.DirAssets,"mail.png"))
' here goes more code so i just deleted
End Sub
' And then just put this:
Sub mailme_click
   Dim mailapp As Email
   mailapp.To.Add("[email protected]")
   mailapp.Subject = "From my app"
   StartActivity(mailapp.GetIntent)

End Sub

With this code the user will open to choose what mail client he want to use (email, gmail...) and then he just need to type something and send a mail to you

 

[andrewtheart]

Sure, but it would be more convenient if mailto: links worked from web browser objects.

andrew

 

[Erel]

You can use the OverrideUrl event. It will be raised whenever the user presses on a link. You can parse the link and if it starts with mailto then act accordingly.