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How to verify if target=_blank worked in Android webview

Question: 09-Mar-2017

In: Computer Software Projects

There is an Android app which uses HTML content within a WebView. Now, this HTML content contains a target=_blank link. Sometimes it works, but sometimes it gets blocked (i.e. link opens in same window), for unknown reasons.

[code]<!-- Does not always work in WebView -->
<a id="link" href="http://example.com" target="_blank">link</a>
$('#link').click(function() {
   // if (linkOpenedInNewBrowserWindow.wasSuccessful)
   // Do something
});[/code]

How is it possible to check whether a click on this link actually opens the link in a new browser window or not?