Android Tutorial

By : Ketan Bhimani

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The following is an example of how to use WebViewClient to handle

the onPageFinished() method to draw the title of the page on the

screen:

WebViewClient webClient = new WebViewClient() {
public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
super.onPageFinished(view, url);
String title = wv.getTitle();
pageTitle.setText(title);
}};
wv.setWebViewClient(webClient);

When the page finishes loading, as indicated by the call to

onPageFinished(), a call to the getTitle() method of the WebView

object retrieves the title for use. The result of this call is shown in

Figure.

WebView control with microbrowser features such as title

display.

Adding Browser Chrome with WebChromeClient

You can use the WebChromeClient class in

a similar way to the WebViewClient.

However, WebChromeClient is specialized

for the sorts of items that will be drawn

outside the region in which the web

content is drawn, typically known

as browser chrome. The

WebChromeClient class also includes

callbacks for certain JavaScript calls, such

as onJsBeforeUnload(), to confirm

navigation away from a page. A valid

WebChromeClient object can be tied to a

WebView using the set Web Chrome