I had a hyperlink in a page that called an external html page in a new window (i.e. target _blank). It works OK on ios, on Android I got the spinner of death. I tried the @Fred fix http://myskylla.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/the-spinning-wheel-of-death-android/ but it did not fix this scenario. In the same article, I read a an extract by @David :- "but the built-in Android browser does do some funky thing sometimes when it’s redirected". This gave me a clue. So in my hyperlink I changed the syntax to open the link to open in the same window and the problem went away! Well, it pleased me so I thought I'd share! Alan

That's a good share. Thanks very much! It could really help people, including me. Couldn't help noticing though that you're a UK member! So I thought I should let you know about the UK Meetups I'm holding. It seems that you defiantly are a member who contributes to buzztouch quite a bit, so I thought it would be good to have you along! So here is the forum thread with more information with this: https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?fid=E10955880961A22A2111A58&tid=E10955880961A22A2111A58

@alanmac re "changed the syntax" ... can you give the before and after code pls? Btw the new link to Fred's article is here: http://myskylla.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-spinning-wheel-of-death-android/

Just your basic html hyperlinking. I found that the first is more reliable in android custom url than the second:- <a href="bbc.co.uk">This calls calls a url in the same page</a><br> <br> <a href="bbc.co.uk" target="_blank">This calls a URL in a new page</a><br> <br>

Thanks mate!

Hmm I'm already using the "same page" link format and get the spinning wheel of doom when linking to a web page from a html page. I'll have to try Fred's javascript fix. UPDATE: Used the fix re commenting out the "showprogress" link in BT_screen_htmlDoc.java line 131 as follows (I added the line numbers). I'm on BT hosted at the moment and this is for Android... 128: if(BT_act_controller.canLoadDocumentInWebView(url)){ 129: 130: //load url in built-in browser... 131: // avoid bt spinner of doom showProgress(null, null); ...and it works on my emulator AND Htc One Android phone yay!

Which version of Buzztouch are you using @pdog?

@alan - no idea. Whatever is hosted at the moment. I don't have self hosted set up.

@Alan pls note the update above - I got it to work using Fred's instructions.

Pleased you have it working. Do you remember if you downloaded your project for BT3.0 (the latest) or for v3, the earlier (legacy) version? The commenting out showprogress was good for v2, the reason I'm asking is that I'm trying to see if it is also needed for V3. Cheers, Alan

Yes just had to do it today so whatever version that is that's hosted - I have no idea how to tell. I just created the app, published, and downloaded using the "Prepare Android Project" link. I don't know that the lower link is for re "Use Buzztouch Core..."