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I have been trying to find a way that can be used to detect a specific URL in a WebView and then
start another Activity. Following is the code:

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{

view.LoadUrl(url);

return true;

public override void OnPageStarted(WebView view, string url, Bitmap

favicon)

progressDialog.Show();

if(url=="http://test-domain.com")

StartActivity(typeof(MainActivity));

base.OnPageStarted(view, url, favicon);

public override void OnPageFinished(WebView view, string url)

base.OnPageFinished(view, url);

public override void OnReceivedError(WebView view, IWebResourceRequest

request, WebResourceError error)

base.OnReceivedError(view, request, error);

But I know StartActivity cannot be used in WebViewClient as I get the following error "An object
reference is required for the non-static field, method or property 'Context.StartActivity(Type)'".
Can Anyone please guide me with the solution?

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What I have tried:

I have tried getting url of the webview with "string url= webView.URL;" but again i get stuck at
how to start another activity.

Posted 24-Jun-17 5:29am Updated 24-Jun-17 7:15am

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Solution 1
I was able to solve it by making following changes to the class:

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public class ClientWebView : WebViewClient

private Context context;

public ClientWebView(Context context)

this.context = context;

public override bool ShouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, string url)

view.LoadUrl(url);

return true;

public override void OnPageStarted(WebView view, string url, Bitmap

favicon)

progressDialog.Show();

if (url.Equals("https://test.com/"))

var intent = new Intent(context, typeof(MainActivity));

context.StartActivity(intent);

base.OnPageStarted(view, url, favicon);

and then added following in my oncreate method:

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webView.SetWebViewClient(new ClientWebView(this));

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