From 099c448bc6d6b85634faae20faaa44e6caba7910 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dimitris <jimitrakis11@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 21:21:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Open external links outside the game WebView

---
 .../alexbarry/alexgames/LocalClientWebView.kt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/net/alexbarry/alexgames/LocalClientWebView.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/net/alexbarry/alexgames/LocalClientWebView.kt
index 20897f5..19cc0b5 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/net/alexbarry/alexgames/LocalClientWebView.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/net/alexbarry/alexgames/LocalClientWebView.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package net.alexbarry.alexgames
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint
+import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException
+import android.content.Intent
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.util.Log
@@ -70,6 +72,25 @@ class LocalClientWebView : Fragment() {
                 webview.evaluateJavascript("set_header_visible(false);", null);
             }
 
+            override fun shouldOverrideUrlLoading(
+                view: WebView?,
+                request: WebResourceRequest?
+            ): Boolean {
+                val uri = request?.url ?: return false
+                // The game is served from the local asset host. Send any
+                // other link out to the system so it opens in a browser
+                // instead of loading over the game.
+                if (uri.host == "appassets.androidplatform.net") {
+                    return false
+                }
+                return try {
+                    view?.context?.startActivity(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri))
+                    true
+                } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
+                    false
+                }
+            }
+
             override fun shouldInterceptRequest(
                 view: WebView?,
                 request: WebResourceRequest?