event.type

Overview

The type of urlRequest event that indicates the action associated with the request. Values include:

• "link" — user tapped a link
• "form" — user submitted a form
• "history" — user tapped the back or forward button
• "reload" — user tapped the reload button
• "formResubmit" — user resubmitted a form
• "other" — some other action occurred
• "loaded" — finished loading the URL

Example

local function webListener( event )
    if ( event.type ) then
        print( event.type )
    end
end

local webView = native.newWebView( display.contentCenterX, display.contentCenterY, 320, 480 )
webView:request( "http://www.coronalabs.com/" )

webView:addEventListener( "urlRequest", webListener )