android-browser

can we get chrome browsing history/bookmarks in our android app

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Yes it is very much possible. Use this uri: content://com.android.chrome.browser/bookmarks instead of Browser.BOOKMARKS_URI String[] proj = new String[] { Browser.BookmarkColumns.TITLE,Browser.BookmarkColumns.URL }; Uri uriCustom = Uri.parse(“content://com.android.chrome.browser/bookmarks”); String sel = Browser.BookmarkColumns.BOOKMARK + ” = 0″; // 0 = history, 1 = bookmark Cursor mCur = getContentResolver().query(uriCustom, proj, sel, null, null); mCur.moveToFirst(); @SuppressWarnings(“unused”) String title = “”; @SuppressWarnings(“unused”) … Read more

Android WebView VS Phone Browser

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This article outlines your speculation about stock browser differences between manufacturers, that absolutely is true: 5 reality checks every team needs before working on Android webkit …which does cause trouble and mysterious/difficult to diagnose/solve problems. As far as your issues with your WebView implementation: Version of jquery-mobile may be an issue jquery-mobile loaded into an … Read more

WebView link click open default browser

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I had to do the same thing today and I have found a very useful answer on StackOverflow that I want to share here in case someone else needs it. Source (from sven) webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){ public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) { if (url != null && (url.startsWith(“http://”) || url.startsWith(“https://”))) { view.getContext().startActivity( new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url))); … Read more