WebView link click open default browser

you can use Intent for this:

Intent browserIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW", Uri.parse("your Url"));
startActivity(browserIntent);

I had to do the same thing today and I have found a very useful answer on StackOverflow that I want to share here in case someone else needs it.

Source (from sven)

webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
if (url != null && (url.startsWith("http://") || url.startsWith("https://"))) {
view.getContext().startActivity(
new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url)));
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
});

You can use an Intent for this:

Uri uriUrl = Uri.parse("http://www.google.com/");
Intent launchBrowser = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uriUrl);
startActivity(launchBrowser);

WebView webview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
webview.loadUrl(https://whatoplay.com/);

You don't have to include this code.

// webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());

Instead use below code.

webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()
{
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url)
{
String url2="https://whatoplay.com/";
// all links  with in ur site will be open inside the webview
//links that start ur domain example(http://www.example.com/)
if (url != null && url.startsWith(url2)){
return false;
}
// all links that points outside the site will be open in a normal android browser
else
{
view.getContext().startActivity(
new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url)));
return true;
}
}
});

You only need to add the following line

yourWebViewName.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());

Check this for official documentation.

As this is one of the top questions about external redirect in WebView, here is a "modern" solution on Kotlin:

webView.webViewClient = object : WebViewClient() {
override fun shouldOverrideUrlLoading(
view: WebView?,
request: WebResourceRequest?
): Boolean {
val url = request?.url ?: return false
//you can do checks here e.g. url.host equals to target one
startActivity(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, url))
return true
}
}