Added postUrl() to WebView so that we can pass lat/lon for the search.

core/java/android/webkit/BrowserFrame.java

@@ -144,6 +144,17 @@ class BrowserFrame extends Handler {
         mLoadInitFromJava = false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Load a url with "POST" method from the network into the main frame.
+     * @param url The url to load.
+     * @param data The data for POST request.
+     */
+    public void postUrl(String url, byte[] data) {
+        mLoadInitFromJava = true;
+        nativePostUrl(url, data);
+        mLoadInitFromJava = false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Load the content as if it was loaded by the provided base URL. The
      * failUrl is used as the history entry for the load data. If null or
@@ -754,6 +765,8 @@ class BrowserFrame extends Handler {
      */
     private native void nativeLoadUrl(String url);
 
+    private native void nativePostUrl(String url, byte[] postData);
+
     private native void nativeLoadData(String baseUrl, String data,
             String mimeType, String encoding, String failUrl);
 

core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java

@@ -1215,6 +1215,29 @@ public class WebView extends AbsoluteLayout
         clearTextEntry();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Load the url with postData using "POST" method into the WebView. If url
+     * is not a network url, it will be loaded with {link
+     * {@link #loadUrl(String)} instead.
+     * 
+     * @param url The url of the resource to load.
+     * @param postData The data will be passed to "POST" request.
+     * 
+     * @hide pending API solidification
+     */
+    public void postUrl(String url, byte[] postData) {
+        if (URLUtil.isNetworkUrl(url)) {
+            switchOutDrawHistory();
+            HashMap arg = new HashMap();
+            arg.put("url", url);
+            arg.put("data", postData);
+            mWebViewCore.sendMessage(EventHub.POST_URL, arg);
+            clearTextEntry();
+        } else {
+            loadUrl(url);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Load the given data into the WebView. This will load the data into
      * WebView using the data: scheme. Content loaded through this mechanism

core/java/android/webkit/WebViewCore.java

@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ final class WebViewCore {
             "GET_SELECTION", // = 129;
             "WEBKIT_DRAW", // = 130;
             "SYNC_SCROLL", // = 131;
-            "", // = 132;
+            "POST_URL", // = 132;
             "SPLIT_PICTURE_SET", // = 133;
             "CLEAR_CONTENT", // = 134;
             "SET_FINAL_FOCUS", // = 135;
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ final class WebViewCore {
         static final int GET_SELECTION = 129;
         static final int WEBKIT_DRAW = 130;
         static final int SYNC_SCROLL = 131;
+        static final int POST_URL = 132;
         static final int SPLIT_PICTURE_SET = 133;
         static final int CLEAR_CONTENT = 134;
         
@@ -714,6 +715,13 @@ final class WebViewCore {
                             loadUrl((String) msg.obj);
                             break;
 
+                        case POST_URL: {
+                            HashMap param = (HashMap) msg.obj;
+                            String url = (String) param.get("url");
+                            byte[] data = (byte[]) param.get("data");
+                            mBrowserFrame.postUrl(url, data);
+                            break;
+                        }
                         case LOAD_DATA:
                             HashMap loadParams = (HashMap) msg.obj;
                             String baseUrl = (String) loadParams.get("baseUrl");