Disable Automatic Linking of Mailing Address in WebView

Question

The android WebView will automatically detect a mailing address in the html and allow you to click on it to launch a map. Is there anyway to disable this without a native code change? Can I add something to the html markup or cancel a javascript event to prevent this from happening?

If I need to make this change in native code, how is that done?

EDIT: When I say mailing address, I mean a physical street address, like:

123 Main Street Sometown, CA 12345

Is it a mailto:address@place.com link in the html? or is it just plain text? — FoamyGuy, Oct 14 '11 at 18:07
I think Kevin is correct but the question is ambiguous, OP can you clarify? — slayton, Oct 14 '11 at 21:00
I am referring to a physical street address. I updated the question with an example. Thanks! — Jeff, Oct 15 '11 at 12:54
I face this issue once. I used this little trick: < span >mail< /span >@sample.com — user1770729, Oct 24 '12 at 09:19

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '11 at 14:07

You might want to try using the following meta tag in the page you're including in the WebView, if that's possible.

<meta name="format-detection" content="address=no" />

Source: http://phpaul.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/writing-a-webpage-for-a-mobile-device/

Disable Automatic Linking of Mailing Address in WebView

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