title: Webview - open links in external apps and browsers / android
body: <p>I am a beginner in making android applications. I have made a web application in HTML which i want to be able to use in my application that I am making in android studio. I managed to make a simple web view in android studio which makes my web application work fine when i test it on my device. The only problem is that the web view handles all the URL´s inside my web application. The web application consists of tabs that directs me to different pages when i click on them which is what i want. But I have contact-buttons and different links that i want to be "released" from the web view. Lets take the contact button as an example. I have a Galaxy note which I am using to test my apps. When i open my application on my phone i see my Web application and i can navigate around. When i click the contact button, the web view handles the link and gives me a "page could not load" instead of opening the mail application on my phone. I also have buttons with links that I want to be able to open in an external browser on my phone. I hope you understand my problem and I am sorry for my bad english.</p>
  
  <p>This is some of my code for the web view. </p>
  
  <p><strong>Mainactivity.java</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
  
  WebView browser;
  
  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
  
  
      browser = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.wvwMain);
  
      browser.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
      browser.getSettings().setLoadWithOverviewMode(true);
      browser.getSettings().setUseWideViewPort(true);
  
      browser.setWebViewClient(new ourViewClient());
      try {
          browser.loadUrl("http://WebAppURL");
      } catch (Exception e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
      }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>OurViewClient.java</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>public class ourViewClient extends WebViewClient {
  
  @Override
  public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
      view.loadUrl(url);
  
      return true; 
   }    
  }
  </code></pre>