Web Viewer URL does not update

[Antoriccio9]

Hi everybody, I'm trying to build an app that displays two web pages ( in the upper and lower half of the screen ) and that has to check if these pages are equal while the user navigates.

I’m trying to use two web viewers ( as in the picture), but the URL variable is not dynamically updated.

For example, let's say I open on the upper Web Viewer the Google main page and on the lower one the Apple web page. The URL variables will be https:www.google.com for the upper one and www.apple.com for the lower one.

Once the pages are loaded I search on Google( Upper WV) the apple web site, now the URL variables should be the same but the upper one remains: www.google.com even if the Web viewer is showing the Apple website.

I saw that this issue was brought up by different users on the thinkable community.

Is it feasible to fix it your opinion?

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your work

[josmas]

Hi there, can you please link to a project copy so we can reproduce on our side? A link and step by step instructions of what you do and what you expect to happen would be helpful. Thanks!

[Antoriccio9]

Thank you for the fast answer, , should i attache the link and the step by step info here or in the Git Hub post??

Kindly, Antonio Vinciguerra

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Hi there, can you please link to a project copy so we can reproduce on our side? A link and step by step instructions of what you do and what you expect to happen would be helpful. Thanks!

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[josmas]

Heya, not sure what the github post is?

Is it that you received the answer as an email? If so, you can either reply to the email, or reply in this thread (which I guess it is the github post). Either way it will end up in the issue you opened. Hope that clarifies!

[Antoriccio9]

Thank you so much Josmas, here is the link to the Project: https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5e835178f76b3380c3cb415d/47421d66-69b5-42a9-8016-df2d892efd8d/designer https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5e835178f76b3380c3cb415d/47421d66-69b5-42a9-8016-df2d892efd8d/designer

You’ll find a mono screen app divided in two as i described in the original thread.

If you paste the same URL in both the text inputs and set them, when you press check the app recognises that you are looking at the same page. ( showing a message : Same Page ! ) and if the two INITIAL url are different, after pressing check, it shows the message : Different Page!

( if you press the button “set” again the label on its right will show the url that the app is reading )

Up to now everything works, the problem arises when i navigate into the browsers.

If you paste the Google url on the upper tex input and on the lower one the Apple web page url, the URL variables will be https:www.google.com http://www.google.com/ for the upper one and www.apple.com http://www.apple.com/ for the lower one.

Once the pages are loaded if you search on Google for the apple web site, the URL variables should be the same but the upper one remains: www.google.com http://www.google.com/ even if the Web viewer is showing the Apple website.

Therefore the app recognises that i’m on the same page only if i’m pasting the same url at the beginning, not if i navigate into the pages.

i’m available For any other clarifications

Kindly, Antonio Vinciguerra

antonio.viciguerra@mail.polimi.it

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[Antoriccio9]

Hey, I managed to do what I was trying to do on Thunkable in MIT app inventor, there the web viewer feature updates the URL when it changes. Any clues of when this will be possible also on thunkable?

[josmas]

Hey @Antoriccio9 so you basically would like a get current URL block as in https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues/461 by @MrMazzone ? Would that solve your issue?

[Antoriccio9]

Hi Josmas!

I’ve already tried a similar block in MIT App Inventor as Mr Mazzone did and it works….. so yes, a block like the one that you described is exactly what i’m looking for.

How long do you think it will take to have it available on Thunkable X ?

Thank you so much for your help!

On 15 Apr 2020, at 18:24, Jos notifications@github.com wrote:

Hey @Antoriccio9 https://github.com/Antoriccio9 so you basically would like a get current URL block as in #461 https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues/461 by @MrMazzone https://github.com/MrMazzone ? Would that solve your issue?

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[josmas]

Hi @Antoriccio9 there are a few things that we would need to add to make it work like App Inventor; I will add it as a request but we don't have an ETA at the moment. Thanks!

[josmas]

We are going to consolidate the requests, so closing this: Duplicate of #461

Thanks for the request!