WebView.PostWebMessage(WebMessage, Uri) Method

Definition

Post a message to main frame.

[Android.Runtime.Register("postWebMessage", "(Landroid/webkit/WebMessage;Landroid/net/Uri;)V", "GetPostWebMessage_Landroid_webkit_WebMessage_Landroid_net_Uri_Handler", ApiSince=23)]
public virtual void PostWebMessage (Android.Webkit.WebMessage message, Android.Net.Uri targetOrigin);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("postWebMessage", "(Landroid/webkit/WebMessage;Landroid/net/Uri;)V", "GetPostWebMessage_Landroid_webkit_WebMessage_Landroid_net_Uri_Handler", ApiSince=23)>]
abstract member PostWebMessage : Android.Webkit.WebMessage * Android.Net.Uri -> unit
override this.PostWebMessage : Android.Webkit.WebMessage * Android.Net.Uri -> unit

Parameters

message
WebMessage

the WebMessage

targetOrigin
Uri

the target origin.

Attributes

Remarks

Post a message to main frame. The embedded application can restrict the messages to a certain target origin. See HTML5 spec for how target origin can be used.

A target origin can be set as a wildcard ("*"). However this is not recommended. See the page above for security issues.

Content loaded via #loadData(String,String,String) will not have a valid origin, and thus cannot be sent messages securely. If you need to send messages using this function, you should use #loadDataWithBaseURL(String,String,String,String,String) with a valid HTTP or HTTPS baseUrl to define a valid origin that can be used for messaging.

Java documentation for android.webkit.WebView.postWebMessage(android.webkit.WebMessage, android.net.Uri).

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Applies to