In Android Browser link does not always execute onClick causing focus instead

Question

I am trying to program a very standard JS behavior for a link using an HREF onClick handler, and I am facing a strange problem caused by what I believe to be focus/touch mode be

Answer 1

Recently I came across exactly the same problem. I was using the onclick on a button. Sometimes it did not execute the javascript at all. The thing that worked for me was that enable the javascript before loading a url in the webview

    // Enable javascript
    WebSettings webSettings = mWebView.getSettings();
    webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

    // To bind javascript code to android
    mWebView.addJavascriptInterface(new JavaScriptInterface(this), "Android");

    mWebView.loadUrl(url);