Android WebView happy go tool for cross development of android application like PhoneGap and jQuery mobile. Few days ago i found in situation where i need to download some file while clicking on button inside WebView . I search a lot on Google and found some solution which lead me to fix issue. StackOverflow plays an vital role in this. Now i upgrade my solution using download manager. DownloadManger will manage download automatically. Read communication between android and JavaScript
You can download any kind of data through this code only you need to change your file extension.
Most importantly WeViewClient allow you handle url and bypass them if they do not contain media(video/image)
I had written the download Manage code their in above lines. In which you have to give your destination local file in which you want to save it.
Permission required for this application
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
You can download any kind of data through this code only you need to change your file extension.
Now create one WebView
WebView webview = new WebView(this);
webview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
WebViewClient client = new ChildBrowserClient();
webview.setWebViewClient(client);
WebSettings settings = webview.getSettings();
settings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webview.setInitialScale(1);
webview.getSettings().setUseWideViewPort(true);
settings.setJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically(false);
settings.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
settings.setPluginState(PluginState.ON);
settings.setDomStorageEnabled(true);
webview.loadUrl("yoursideurl");
webview.setId(5);
webview.setInitialScale(0);
webview.requestFocus();
webview.requestFocusFromTouch();
setContentView(webview);
Most importantly WeViewClient allow you handle url and bypass them if they do not contain media(video/image)
/**
* The webview client receives notifications about appView
*/
public class ChildBrowserClient extends WebViewClient {
@SuppressLint("InlinedApi")
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
boolean value = true;
String extension = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(url);
if (extension != null) {
MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
String mimeType = mime.getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);
if (mimeType != null) {
if (mimeType.toLowerCase().contains("video")
|| extension.toLowerCase().contains("mov")
|| extension.toLowerCase().contains("mp3")) {
DownloadManager mdDownloadManager = (DownloadManager) DownloadWebview.this
.getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);
DownloadManager.Request request = new DownloadManager.Request(
Uri.parse(url));
File destinationFile = new File(
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),
getFileName(url));
request.setDescription("Downloading via Your app name..");
request.setNotificationVisibility(DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED);
request.setDestinationUri(Uri.fromFile(destinationFile));
mdDownloadManager.enqueue(request);
value = false;
}
}
if (value) {
view.loadUrl(url);
}
}
return value;
}
@Override
public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
super.onPageFinished(view, url);
}
/**
* Notify the host application that a page has started loading.
*
* @param view
* The webview initiating the callback.
* @param url
* The url of the page.
*/
@Override
public void onPageStarted(WebView view, String url, Bitmap favicon) {
super.onPageStarted(view, url, favicon);
}
}
/**
* File name from URL
*
* @param url
* @return
*/
public String getFileName(String url) {
String filenameWithoutExtension = "";
filenameWithoutExtension = String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis()
+ ".mp4");
return filenameWithoutExtension;
}
I had written the download Manage code their in above lines. In which you have to give your destination local file in which you want to save it.
Now look at the whole class code
import java.io.File;
import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.DownloadManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;
import android.webkit.WebChromeClient;
import android.webkit.WebSettings;
import android.webkit.WebSettings.PluginState;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
public class DownloadWebview extends Activity {
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
@SuppressLint("SetJavaScriptEnabled")
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
WebView webview = new WebView(this);
webview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
WebViewClient client = new ChildBrowserClient();
webview.setWebViewClient(client);
WebSettings settings = webview.getSettings();
settings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webview.setInitialScale(1);
webview.getSettings().setUseWideViewPort(true);
settings.setJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically(false);
settings.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
settings.setPluginState(PluginState.ON);
settings.setDomStorageEnabled(true);
webview.loadUrl("yoursideurl");
webview.setId(5);
webview.setInitialScale(0);
webview.requestFocus();
webview.requestFocusFromTouch();
setContentView(webview);
}
/**
* The webview client receives notifications about appView
*/
public class ChildBrowserClient extends WebViewClient {
@SuppressLint("InlinedApi")
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
boolean value = true;
String extension = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(url);
if (extension != null) {
MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
String mimeType = mime.getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);
if (mimeType != null) {
if (mimeType.toLowerCase().contains("video")
|| extension.toLowerCase().contains("mov")
|| extension.toLowerCase().contains("mp3")) {
DownloadManager mdDownloadManager = (DownloadManager) DownloadWebview.this
.getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);
DownloadManager.Request request = new DownloadManager.Request(
Uri.parse(url));
File destinationFile = new File(
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),
getFileName(url));
request.setDescription("Downloading via Your app name..");
request.setNotificationVisibility(DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED);
request.setDestinationUri(Uri.fromFile(destinationFile));
mdDownloadManager.enqueue(request);
value = false;
}
}
if (value) {
view.loadUrl(url);
}
}
return value;
}
@Override
public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
super.onPageFinished(view, url);
}
/**
* Notify the host application that a page has started loading.
*
* @param view
* The webview initiating the callback.
* @param url
* The url of the page.
*/
@Override
public void onPageStarted(WebView view, String url, Bitmap favicon) {
super.onPageStarted(view, url, favicon);
}
}
/**
* File name from URL
*
* @param url
* @return
*/
public String getFileName(String url) {
String filenameWithoutExtension = "";
filenameWithoutExtension = String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis()
+ ".mp4");
return filenameWithoutExtension;
}
}
