How to go back to previous page if back button is pressed in WebView?
I use something like this in my activities with WebViews:
@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
switch (keyCode) {
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK:
if (mWebView.canGoBack()) {
mWebView.goBack();
} else {
finish();
}
return true;
}
}
return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
}
Edit:
For this code to work, you need to add a field to the Activity
containing the WebView:
private WebView mWebView;
Initialize it in the onCreate()
method and you should be good to go.
mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);
If using Android 2.2 and above (which is most devices now), the following code will get you what you want.
@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (webView.canGoBack()) {
webView.goBack();
} else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
This is my solution. It works also in Fragment.
webView.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
@Override
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
WebView webView = (WebView) v;
switch(keyCode) {
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK:
if (webView.canGoBack()) {
webView.goBack();
return true;
}
break;
}
}
return false;
}
});