In a WebView is there a way for shouldOverrideUrlLoading to determine if it is catching a redirect vs. a user clicking a link?

Question

I would like to allow redirects to happen naturally in the WebView and only catch a new url if it is a happening because a user clicked something.

Answer 1

Adapted from Garrett's answer because I found it didn't quite work as written , gave a few errors etc. And the part about visibility is in my view not needed. I had the exact same issue as the OP and this is giving the behaviour I want:

webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()
    {
        private boolean mLoaded = false;
        @Override
        public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
            if(mLoaded){ // open in new browser window only if page already finished
                try
                {
                    Uri uri = Uri.parse(url);
                    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
                    view.getContext().startActivity(intent);
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    Log.d("webview", e.getMessage());
                }
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onPageFinished(WebView webView, String url)
        {
            mLoaded = true;
        }
    }