[JAVA] What to do if SPA URL loading cannot be detected by WebView shouldOverrideUrlLoading

Introduction

I think it's a common way to use shouldOverrideUrlLoading to detect URL loading in Android's WebView, but for pages like SPA (single page application) where submit doesn't run, this method detects events. I can't.

manner

Use the WebViewClient's doUpdateVisitedHistory. doUpdateVisitedHistory is a database of visited links The method to update.

mWebView.setWebViewClient( new WebViewClient(){
            @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
            @Override
            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {
                Log.d(TAG, "shouldOverrideUrlLoading LOLLIPOP url = " + request.getUrl().toString());
                return false;
            }

            @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
            @Override
            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
                Log.d(TAG, "shouldOverrideUrlLoading url = " + url);
                return false;
            }

            @Override
            public void doUpdateVisitedHistory(WebView view, String url, boolean isReload) {
                Log.d(TAG, "doUpdateVisitedHistory url = " + url);
            }
        });

Now, let's access the SPA from WebView.

06-29 10:10:50.756 13453-13453/jp.sample D/WebViewFragment: doUpdateVisitedHistory url = https://xxxx/profile/home
06-29 10:34:41.636 13453-13453/jp.sample D/WebViewFragment: doUpdateVisitedHistory url = https://xxxx/connect
06-29 10:34:41.658 13453-13453/jp.sample D/WebViewFragment: doUpdateVisitedHistory url = https://xxxx/logout
06-29 10:34:41.671 13453-13453/jp.sample D/WebViewFragment: doUpdateVisitedHistory url = https://xxxx/connect
06-29 10:34:44.131 13453-13453/jp.sample D/WebViewFragment: doUpdateVisitedHistory url = https://xxxx/signin
06-29 10:34:54.526 13453-13453/jp.sample D/WebViewFragment: doUpdateVisitedHistory url = https://xxxx/auth/callback?token=xxxx

I was able to detect it safely!