Android APIs
public class

WebChromeClient

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.webkit.WebChromeClient

Summary

Nested Classes
interface WebChromeClient.CustomViewCallback A callback interface used by the host application to notify the current page that its custom view has been dismissed. 
class WebChromeClient.FileChooserParams Parameters used in the onShowFileChooser(WebView, ValueCallback, WebChromeClient.FileChooserParams) method. 
Public Constructors
WebChromeClient()
Public Methods
Bitmap getDefaultVideoPoster()
When not playing, video elements are represented by a 'poster' image.
View getVideoLoadingProgressView()
When the user starts to playback a video element, it may take time for enough data to be buffered before the first frames can be rendered.
void getVisitedHistory(ValueCallback<String[]> callback)
Obtains a list of all visited history items, used for link coloring
void onCloseWindow(WebView window)
Notify the host application to close the given WebView and remove it from the view system if necessary.
void onConsoleMessage(String message, int lineNumber, String sourceID)
This method was deprecated in API level 8. Use onConsoleMessage(ConsoleMessage) instead.
boolean onConsoleMessage(ConsoleMessage consoleMessage)
Report a JavaScript console message to the host application.
boolean onCreateWindow(WebView view, boolean isDialog, boolean isUserGesture, Message resultMsg)
Request the host application to create a new window.
void onExceededDatabaseQuota(String url, String databaseIdentifier, long quota, long estimatedDatabaseSize, long totalQuota, WebStorage.QuotaUpdater quotaUpdater)
This method was deprecated in API level 19. This method is no longer called; WebView now uses the HTML5 / JavaScript Quota Management API.
void onGeolocationPermissionsHidePrompt()
Notify the host application that a request for Geolocation permissions, made with a previous call to onGeolocationPermissionsShowPrompt() has been canceled.
void onGeolocationPermissionsShowPrompt(String origin, GeolocationPermissions.Callback callback)
Notify the host application that web content from the specified origin is attempting to use the Geolocation API, but no permission state is currently set for that origin.
void onHideCustomView()
Notify the host application that the current page would like to hide its custom view.
boolean onJsAlert(WebView view, String url, String message, JsResult result)
Tell the client to display a javascript alert dialog.
boolean onJsBeforeUnload(WebView view, String url, String message, JsResult result)
Tell the client to display a dialog to confirm navigation away from the current page.
boolean onJsConfirm(WebView view, String url, String message, JsResult result)
Tell the client to display a confirm dialog to the user.
boolean onJsPrompt(WebView view, String url, String message, String defaultValue, JsPromptResult result)
Tell the client to display a prompt dialog to the user.
boolean onJsTimeout()
This method was deprecated in API level 17. This method is no longer supported and will not be invoked.
void onPermissionRequest(PermissionRequest request)
Notify the host application that web content is requesting permission to access the specified resources and the permission currently isn't granted or denied.
void onPermissionRequestCanceled(PermissionRequest request)
Notify the host application that the given permission request has been canceled.
void onProgressChanged(WebView view, int newProgress)
Tell the host application the current progress of loading a page.
void onReachedMaxAppCacheSize(long requiredStorage, long quota, WebStorage.QuotaUpdater quotaUpdater)
This method was deprecated in API level 19. This method is no longer called; WebView now uses the HTML5 / JavaScript Quota Management API.
void onReceivedIcon(WebView view, Bitmap icon)
Notify the host application of a new favicon for the current page.
void onReceivedTitle(WebView view, String title)
Notify the host application of a change in the document title.
void onReceivedTouchIconUrl(WebView view, String url, boolean precomposed)
Notify the host application of the url for an apple-touch-icon.
void onRequestFocus(WebView view)
Request display and focus for this WebView.
void onShowCustomView(View view, WebChromeClient.CustomViewCallback callback)
Notify the host application that the current page would like to show a custom View.
void onShowCustomView(View view, int requestedOrientation, WebChromeClient.CustomViewCallback callback)
This method was deprecated in API level 18. This method supports the obsolete plugin mechanism, and will not be invoked in future
boolean onShowFileChooser(WebView webView, ValueCallback<Uri[]> filePathCallback, WebChromeClient.FileChooserParams fileChooserParams)
Tell the client to show a file chooser.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public WebChromeClient ()

Added in API level 1

Public Methods

public Bitmap getDefaultVideoPoster ()

Added in API level 7

When not playing, video elements are represented by a 'poster' image. The image to use can be specified by the poster attribute of the video tag in HTML. If the attribute is absent, then a default poster will be used. This method allows the ChromeClient to provide that default image.

Returns
  • Bitmap The image to use as a default poster, or null if no such image is available.

public View getVideoLoadingProgressView ()

Added in API level 7

When the user starts to playback a video element, it may take time for enough data to be buffered before the first frames can be rendered. While this buffering is taking place, the ChromeClient can use this function to provide a View to be displayed. For example, the ChromeClient could show a spinner animation.

Returns
  • View The View to be displayed whilst the video is loading.

public void getVisitedHistory (ValueCallback<String[]> callback)

Added in API level 7

Obtains a list of all visited history items, used for link coloring

public void onCloseWindow (WebView window)

Added in API level 1

Notify the host application to close the given WebView and remove it from the view system if necessary. At this point, WebCore has stopped any loading in this window and has removed any cross-scripting ability in javascript.

Parameters
window The WebView that needs to be closed.

public void onConsoleMessage (String message, int lineNumber, String sourceID)

Added in API level 7

This method was deprecated in API level 8.
Use onConsoleMessage(ConsoleMessage) instead.

Report a JavaScript error message to the host application. The ChromeClient should override this to process the log message as they see fit.

Parameters
message The error message to report.
lineNumber The line number of the error.
sourceID The name of the source file that caused the error.

public boolean onConsoleMessage (ConsoleMessage consoleMessage)

Added in API level 8

Report a JavaScript console message to the host application. The ChromeClient should override this to process the log message as they see fit.

Parameters
consoleMessage Object containing details of the console message.
Returns
  • true if the message is handled by the client.

public boolean onCreateWindow (WebView view, boolean isDialog, boolean isUserGesture, Message resultMsg)

Added in API level 1

Request the host application to create a new window. If the host application chooses to honor this request, it should return true from this method, create a new WebView to host the window, insert it into the View system and send the supplied resultMsg message to its target with the new WebView as an argument. If the host application chooses not to honor the request, it should return false from this method. The default implementation of this method does nothing and hence returns false.

Parameters
view The WebView from which the request for a new window originated.
isDialog True if the new window should be a dialog, rather than a full-size window.
isUserGesture True if the request was initiated by a user gesture, such as the user clicking a link.
resultMsg The message to send when once a new WebView has been created. resultMsg.obj is a WebView.WebViewTransport object. This should be used to transport the new WebView, by calling WebView.WebViewTransport.setWebView(WebView).
Returns
  • This method should return true if the host application will create a new window, in which case resultMsg should be sent to its target. Otherwise, this method should return false. Returning false from this method but also sending resultMsg will result in undefined behavior.

public void onExceededDatabaseQuota (String url, String databaseIdentifier, long quota, long estimatedDatabaseSize, long totalQuota, WebStorage.QuotaUpdater quotaUpdater)

Added in API level 5

This method was deprecated in API level 19.
This method is no longer called; WebView now uses the HTML5 / JavaScript Quota Management API.

Tell the client that the quota has been exceeded for the Web SQL Database API for a particular origin and request a new quota. The client must respond by invoking the updateQuota(long) method of the supplied WebStorage.QuotaUpdater instance. The minimum value that can be set for the new quota is the current quota. The default implementation responds with the current quota, so the quota will not be increased.

Parameters
url The URL of the page that triggered the notification
databaseIdentifier The identifier of the database where the quota was exceeded.
quota The quota for the origin, in bytes
estimatedDatabaseSize The estimated size of the offending database, in bytes
totalQuota The total quota for all origins, in bytes
quotaUpdater An instance of WebStorage.QuotaUpdater which must be used to inform the WebView of the new quota.

public void onGeolocationPermissionsHidePrompt ()

Added in API level 5

Notify the host application that a request for Geolocation permissions, made with a previous call to onGeolocationPermissionsShowPrompt() has been canceled. Any related UI should therefore be hidden.

public void onGeolocationPermissionsShowPrompt (String origin, GeolocationPermissions.Callback callback)

Added in API level 5

Notify the host application that web content from the specified origin is attempting to use the Geolocation API, but no permission state is currently set for that origin. The host application should invoke the specified callback with the desired permission state. See GeolocationPermissions for details.

Parameters
origin The origin of the web content attempting to use the Geolocation API.
callback The callback to use to set the permission state for the origin.

public void onHideCustomView ()

Added in API level 7

Notify the host application that the current page would like to hide its custom view.

public boolean onJsAlert (WebView view, String url, String message, JsResult result)

Added in API level 1

Tell the client to display a javascript alert dialog. If the client returns true, WebView will assume that the client will handle the dialog. If the client returns false, it will continue execution.

Parameters
view The WebView that initiated the callback.
url The url of the page requesting the dialog.
message Message to be displayed in the window.
result A JsResult to confirm that the user hit enter.
Returns
  • boolean Whether the client will handle the alert dialog.

public boolean onJsBeforeUnload (WebView view, String url, String message, JsResult result)

Added in API level 1

Tell the client to display a dialog to confirm navigation away from the current page. This is the result of the onbeforeunload javascript event. If the client returns true, WebView will assume that the client will handle the confirm dialog and call the appropriate JsResult method. If the client returns false, a default value of true will be returned to javascript to accept navigation away from the current page. The default behavior is to return false. Setting the JsResult to true will navigate away from the current page, false will cancel the navigation.

Parameters
view The WebView that initiated the callback.
url The url of the page requesting the dialog.
message Message to be displayed in the window.
result A JsResult used to send the user's response to javascript.
Returns
  • boolean Whether the client will handle the confirm dialog.

public boolean onJsConfirm (WebView view, String url, String message, JsResult result)

Added in API level 1

Tell the client to display a confirm dialog to the user. If the client returns true, WebView will assume that the client will handle the confirm dialog and call the appropriate JsResult method. If the client returns false, a default value of false will be returned to javascript. The default behavior is to return false.

Parameters
view The WebView that initiated the callback.
url The url of the page requesting the dialog.
message Message to be displayed in the window.
result A JsResult used to send the user's response to javascript.
Returns
  • boolean Whether the client will handle the confirm dialog.

public boolean onJsPrompt (WebView view, String url, String message, String defaultValue, JsPromptResult result)

Added in API level 1

Tell the client to display a prompt dialog to the user. If the client returns true, WebView will assume that the client will handle the prompt dialog and call the appropriate JsPromptResult method. If the client returns false, a default value of false will be returned to to javascript. The default behavior is to return false.

Parameters
view The WebView that initiated the callback.
url The url of the page requesting the dialog.
message Message to be displayed in the window.
defaultValue The default value displayed in the prompt dialog.
result A JsPromptResult used to send the user's reponse to javascript.
Returns
  • boolean Whether the client will handle the prompt dialog.

public boolean onJsTimeout ()

Added in API level 7

This method was deprecated in API level 17.
This method is no longer supported and will not be invoked.

Tell the client that a JavaScript execution timeout has occured. And the client may decide whether or not to interrupt the execution. If the client returns true, the JavaScript will be interrupted. If the client returns false, the execution will continue. Note that in the case of continuing execution, the timeout counter will be reset, and the callback will continue to occur if the script does not finish at the next check point.

Returns
  • boolean Whether the JavaScript execution should be interrupted.

public void onPermissionRequest (PermissionRequest request)

Added in API level 21

Notify the host application that web content is requesting permission to access the specified resources and the permission currently isn't granted or denied. The host application must invoke grant(String[]) or deny(). If this method isn't overridden, the permission is denied.

Parameters
request the PermissionRequest from current web content.

public void onPermissionRequestCanceled (PermissionRequest request)

Added in API level 21

Notify the host application that the given permission request has been canceled. Any related UI should therefore be hidden.

Parameters
request the PermissionRequest that needs be canceled.

public void onProgressChanged (WebView view, int newProgress)

Added in API level 1

Tell the host application the current progress of loading a page.

Parameters
view The WebView that initiated the callback.
newProgress Current page loading progress, represented by an integer between 0 and 100.

public void onReachedMaxAppCacheSize (long requiredStorage, long quota, WebStorage.QuotaUpdater quotaUpdater)

Added in API level 7

This method was deprecated in API level 19.
This method is no longer called; WebView now uses the HTML5 / JavaScript Quota Management API.

Notify the host application that the Application Cache has reached the maximum size. The client must respond by invoking the updateQuota(long) method of the supplied WebStorage.QuotaUpdater instance. The minimum value that can be set for the new quota is the current quota. The default implementation responds with the current quota, so the quota will not be increased.

Parameters
requiredStorage The amount of storage required by the Application Cache operation that triggered this notification, in bytes.
quota the current maximum Application Cache size, in bytes
quotaUpdater An instance of WebStorage.QuotaUpdater which must be used to inform the WebView of the new quota.

public void onReceivedIcon (WebView view, Bitmap icon)

Added in API level 1

Notify the host application of a new favicon for the current page.

Parameters
view The WebView that initiated the callback.
icon A Bitmap containing the favicon for the current page.

public void onReceivedTitle (WebView view, String title)

Added in API level 1

Notify the host application of a change in the document title.

Parameters
view The WebView that initiated the callback.
title A String containing the new title of the document.

public void onReceivedTouchIconUrl (WebView view, String url, boolean precomposed)

Added in API level 7

Notify the host application of the url for an apple-touch-icon.

Parameters
view The WebView that initiated the callback.
url The icon url.
precomposed True if the url is for a precomposed touch icon.

public void onRequestFocus (WebView view)

Added in API level 1

Request display and focus for this WebView. This may happen due to another WebView opening a link in this WebView and requesting that this WebView be displayed.

Parameters
view The WebView that needs to be focused.

public void onShowCustomView (View view, WebChromeClient.CustomViewCallback callback)

Added in API level 7

Notify the host application that the current page would like to show a custom View. This is used for Fullscreen video playback; see "HTML5 Video support" documentation on WebView.

Parameters
view is the View object to be shown.
callback is the callback to be invoked if and when the view is dismissed.

public void onShowCustomView (View view, int requestedOrientation, WebChromeClient.CustomViewCallback callback)

Added in API level 14

This method was deprecated in API level 18.
This method supports the obsolete plugin mechanism, and will not be invoked in future

Notify the host application that the current page would like to show a custom View in a particular orientation.

Parameters
view is the View object to be shown.
requestedOrientation An orientation constant as used in ActivityInfo.screenOrientation.
callback is the callback to be invoked if and when the view is dismissed.

public boolean onShowFileChooser (WebView webView, ValueCallback<Uri[]> filePathCallback, WebChromeClient.FileChooserParams fileChooserParams)

Added in API level 21

Tell the client to show a file chooser. This is called to handle HTML forms with 'file' input type, in response to the user pressing the "Select File" button. To cancel the request, call filePathCallback.onReceiveValue(null) and return true.

Parameters
webView The WebView instance that is initiating the request.
filePathCallback Invoke this callback to supply the list of paths to files to upload, or NULL to cancel. Must only be called if the showFileChooser implementations returns true.
fileChooserParams Describes the mode of file chooser to be opened, and options to be used with it.
Returns
  • true if filePathCallback will be invoked, false to use default handling.