Android WebViewClient, onErrorReceived not being called when there is a 404

Question

I\'ve got a WebView, with a WebViewClient that defines onErrorReceived, and onPageFinished.

The onPageFinished gets called correctly, so I know that the WebViewcli

Answer 1

It can't be done. At least, not in a non-hacky way.

Answer 2

In following situation, onErrorReceived will be called.

• ERROR_AUTHENTICATION User authentication failed on server
• ERROR_BAD_URL Malformed URL
• ERROR_CONNECT Failed to connect to the server
• ERROR_FAILED_SSL_HANDSHAKE Failed to perform SSL handshake
• ERROR_FILE Generic file error
• ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND File not found
• ERROR_HOST_LOOKUP Server or proxy hostname lookup failed
• ERROR_IO Failed to read or write to the server
• ERROR_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION User authentication failed on proxy
• ERROR_REDIRECT_LOOP Too many redirects
• ERROR_TIMEOUT Connection timed out
• ERROR_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS Too many requests during this load
• ERROR_UNKNOWN Generic error
• ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_AUTH_SCHEME Unsupported authentication scheme (not basic or digest)
• ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_SCHEME Unsupported URI scheme

Actually, none of HTTP response codes are in the list above.