Webview: Open link outside the app (External browser) - Help

Questions about Thunkable
1

Hello!

Is there a way to make Webview open links outside the app (with Safari or Chrome)?
For example by injecting JS?

Thank you guys!

2

You can use this:
image
You can find this at the bottom of the CONTROL drawer.

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3

Is it part of Webview module? I was referring to links displayed by a webview.
Thanks

4

to open links in app then use web viewer if you want to open links in a browser and then use the open link block

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5

is that working for you

6

Thank you for your reply. Let me give more details:

The webview opens all links inside the webview itself by default. in other words, links are opened inside the Thunkable app.

My request is: To open the links (being inside a webview) in external browser (Chrome etc).
Knowing that a webview: Opens web app based on its URL.

Does is make sense?

Something like to override Webview.

@Override
        public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {
            Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, request.getUrl());
            startActivity(i);
            return true;
        }
7

so you are telling to open link in chrome app of device if yes then use the open link block

8

image
If you want to open the link that was inside the Web Viewer, this might work.
Happy Thunking!

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9

Do you mean you want to redirect within the webviewer and not in the native phone browser?

Or

You want to click a link in webviewer and be redirected to the native phone web browser?

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10

I want to click a link in webviewer and be redirected to the native phone web browser

11

can someone please tell me how can i restrict a link opening in webview only?
i don’t it to be opened in mobile browser.

12

im trying to add my website but it keeps saying refuse to connect what should i do???

13

Hey @clayonbrown3177v this seems to be a different qeustion than where the original topic is about.
Could you please create a separate topic with your qeustion.
Thanks

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14

are you testing on companion or in website thunkable creator website itself @clayonbrown3177v