Xamarin forms webview _blank links not responding.

Question

I am using a xaml form with webview. In android the links that have target="_blank" associated with them no longer fire the navigation events. I've read that it's because of changes in the web implementation. I have found solutions for xamarin android apps but not for xamarin forms apps.
how can i enable _blank links to reach webview events in xamarin forms? i am using this events:

webView.Navigated += OnNavigatedHandler;
webView.Navigating += OnNavigatingHandler;

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Answer 1

Hello,​

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I have found solutions for xamarin android apps but not for xamarin forms apps.

If you've found the solution of the Android project, try to create a custom WebView renderer to configure the settings of the solution in the native project. Yould could check the following docs to get how to create a webView renderer?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/custom-renderer/hybridwebview
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/xamarin/xamarin-forms-samples/customrenderers-hybridwebview/

Best Regards,

Jarvan Zhang

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