Android webview multiple windows

Issue

I am experiencing difficulties with webviews. I have a webview that loads webppage with a form. The form has a target _blank attribute. I need the webview to open a new webview window with the form's action url loaded. I have applied the following code

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    web = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview1);
    progressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar1);

    web = new WebView(this);        
    WebSettings settings = web.getSettings();
    settings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    settings.setDomStorageEnabled(true);
    settings.setSupportMultipleWindows(true);
    settings.setJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically(true);

    web.loadUrl("https://www.example.com/formpage");
    web.setWebViewClient(new myWebClient());

    web.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient()  
    {
         /* multiple webview window overload method - start */
         public boolean onCreateWindow(WebView view, boolean dialog, boolean userGesture, Message resultMsg)
         {
             WebView newWebView = new WebView(view.getContext());

             WebView.WebViewTransport transport = (WebView.WebViewTransport) resultMsg.obj;
             transport.setWebView(newWebView);
             resultMsg.sendToTarget();
             return true;
         }

         /* multiple webview window overload method - end */
    });  

    setContentView(web);  
}

Nothing happens when I click on the forms submit button.

Solution

You need to insert your new WebView into the view hierarchy.

Answered By - ksasq