I am about to roll out WebView AdBlocking in my android app. I want to know if this will effectively block ads or if there is more to be done say within the Webview itself which I have not modified. Basically I have a host file of stored in Android assets which lists hundred of ad server sites. I read this file in to my AdBlocker and then apply it inside the WebViewClient as follows:
// AdBlocker.isAdURL(String url)
public Boolean isAdURL(String url){
Boolean retValue = false;
if ((url == null) || (url.isEmpty()))
return false;
if ((adServers == null)|| (adServers.size() <1))
return false;
try{
String domainName = getUrlsDomain(url);
if (adServers.contains(domainName)) {
retValue = true;
}
} catch(URISyntaxException e){
}
return retValue;
}
And I only use this in WebViewClient as follows:
@Deprecated
@Override
public WebResourceResponse shouldInterceptRequest(WebView view, String url) {
if (adBlocker.isAdURL(url)) {
ByteArrayInputStream nada = new ByteArrayInputStream("".getBytes());
return new WebResourceResponse("text/plain", "utf-8", nada);
}
return super.shouldInterceptRequest(view, url);
}
And similarly:
@Override
public WebResourceResponse shouldInterceptRequest(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
if (adBlocker.isAdURL(request.getUrl().toString())) {
ByteArrayInputStream nada = new ByteArrayInputStream("".getBytes());
return new WebResourceResponse("text/plain", "utf-8", nada);
}
}
return super.shouldInterceptRequest(view, request);
}
Anything more need to be done? Or is that it? Any need to keep a whitelist or will this generally work assuming my list of adservers is current?