Go back after auto redirect

Bug description: webView.goBack() doesn`t return to previous page if there was auto redirect to the third page.

To Reproduce:

1. Open link, say site A. (sorry, can not provide real examples, case happens with web resource in the private network)
2. Click on weblink that redirects to site B that automatically redirects to site C.
3. Invoke webView.goBack()

Expected behavior: Go back to site A.

Actual behavior: Go to site B and automatically redirect to C - infinite loop.

Environment:

• OS: Android
• OS version: Android 9
• react-native version: 0.59.8
• react-native-webview version: 5.11.0

[philipp65]

got stuck for too long with this…it’s not a pure RN WebView issue. Did a workaround which looks simplified like this:

   onNavigationChange = (navState, url) => {
        ...
            if (this.urlparse(url) === this.lastBackUrl) {
                if (this.lastFullBackUrl !== url) {
                    this.backCnt--;
                }
            } else {
                this.backCnt = -1;
            }

            this.lastBackUrl = this.urlparse(url);
            this.lastFullBackUrl = url;
    };

...

    urlparse = (url) => {
        url = url.replace("https://", "");
        url = url.replace("http://", "");
        url = url.replace("www.", "");
        url = url.replace("mobil.", "");
        url = url.split("#")[0];

        return url;
    };

...

goBack = () => {
        this.webview.injectJavaScript(`window.history.go(` + this.backCnt + `);`);
    };

[Gundam0079]

same problem+1
How to fix?