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1 files changed, 33 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewClient.java b/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewClient.java
index f686b6645655..bdd7a0900213 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewClient.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewClient.java
@@ -31,18 +31,25 @@ import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
public class WebViewClient {
/**
- * Give the host application a chance to take over the control when a new
- * url is about to be loaded in the current WebView. If WebViewClient is not
- * provided, by default WebView will ask Activity Manager to choose the
- * proper handler for the url. If WebViewClient is provided, return {@code true}
- * means the host application handles the url, while return {@code false} means the
- * current WebView handles the url.
- * This method is not called for requests using the POST "method".
+ * Give the host application a chance to take control when a URL is about to be loaded in the
+ * current WebView. If a WebViewClient is not provided, by default WebView will ask Activity
+ * Manager to choose the proper handler for the URL. If a WebViewClient is provided, returning
+ * {@code true} causes the current WebView to abort loading the URL, while returning
+ * {@code false} causes the WebView to continue loading the URL as usual.
+ *
+ * <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> Do not call {@link WebView#loadUrl(String)} with the same
+ * URL and then return {@code true}. This unnecessarily cancels the current load and starts a
+ * new load with the same URL. The correct way to continue loading a given URL is to simply
+ * return {@code false}, without calling {@link WebView#loadUrl(String)}.
+ *
+ * <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> This method is not called for POST requests.
+ *
+ * <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> This method may be called for subframes and with non-HTTP(S)
+ * schemes; calling {@link WebView#loadUrl(String)} with such a URL will fail.
*
* @param view The WebView that is initiating the callback.
- * @param url The url to be loaded.
- * @return {@code true} if the host application wants to leave the current WebView
- * and handle the url itself, otherwise return {@code false}.
+ * @param url The URL to be loaded.
+ * @return {@code true} to cancel the current load, otherwise return {@code false}.
* @deprecated Use {@link #shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView, WebResourceRequest)
* shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView, WebResourceRequest)} instead.
*/
@@ -52,26 +59,25 @@ public class WebViewClient {
}
/**
- * Give the host application a chance to take over the control when a new
- * url is about to be loaded in the current WebView. If WebViewClient is not
- * provided, by default WebView will ask Activity Manager to choose the
- * proper handler for the url. If WebViewClient is provided, return {@code true}
- * means the host application handles the url, while return {@code false} means the
- * current WebView handles the url.
- *
- * <p>Notes:
- * <ul>
- * <li>This method is not called for requests using the POST &quot;method&quot;.</li>
- * <li>This method is also called for subframes with non-http schemes, thus it is
- * strongly disadvised to unconditionally call {@link WebView#loadUrl(String)}
- * with the request's url from inside the method and then return {@code true},
- * as this will make WebView to attempt loading a non-http url, and thus fail.</li>
- * </ul>
+ * Give the host application a chance to take control when a URL is about to be loaded in the
+ * current WebView. If a WebViewClient is not provided, by default WebView will ask Activity
+ * Manager to choose the proper handler for the URL. If a WebViewClient is provided, returning
+ * {@code true} causes the current WebView to abort loading the URL, while returning
+ * {@code false} causes the WebView to continue loading the URL as usual.
+ *
+ * <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> Do not call {@link WebView#loadUrl(String)} with the request's
+ * URL and then return {@code true}. This unnecessarily cancels the current load and starts a
+ * new load with the same URL. The correct way to continue loading a given URL is to simply
+ * return {@code false}, without calling {@link WebView#loadUrl(String)}.
+ *
+ * <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> This method is not called for POST requests.
+ *
+ * <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> This method may be called for subframes and with non-HTTP(S)
+ * schemes; calling {@link WebView#loadUrl(String)} with such a URL will fail.
*
* @param view The WebView that is initiating the callback.
* @param request Object containing the details of the request.
- * @return {@code true} if the host application wants to leave the current WebView
- * and handle the url itself, otherwise return {@code false}.
+ * @return {@code true} to cancel the current load, otherwise return {@code false}.
*/
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {
return shouldOverrideUrlLoading(view, request.getUrl().toString());