Then I would expect the onChange method not to be fired at all. 2011/7/19 Daniel Drozdzewski <[email protected]>
> On 19 July 2011 11:33, Filip Havlicek <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm facing a bit of a problem now and would like to hear your > > opinions/advices/thoughts. I'm developing a small Android application and > a > > part of it needs to watch the current URL user has navigated to in the > stock > > browser (com.google.android.Browser). > > > > Since the stock browser is supposed to use the Browser content provider > > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Browser.html to > > store bookmarks and history, I thought I will just register a > > ContentObserver on the Browser.BOOKMARKS_URI and listen for changes. It > > works fine as long as the user is browsing forward (= clicking on links > etc) > > or typing the address manually, the onChange method of the > ContentObserver > > is always called and by filtering the results of a query on the > > Browser.BOOKMARKS_URI I'm able to tell the current website being read. > > > > The problem occurs when the user presses the back button on the phone. > The > > stock browser reacts correctly by loading the previous site and the > onChange > > method of the registered ContentObserver is also fired, but the contents > of > > the data query is the same as it was before the back button press. The > > sample code is here http://pastebin.com/YfjZeQUS and a sample Eclipse > > project is attached. Am I doing something wrong or is the history > database > > not being updated properly? I would expect the DATE or VISITS database > > fields to change when the back button is pressed. > > > > Thank you all for your replies. > > > > Best regards, > > Filip Havlicek > > > Back and Forward buttons should not alter the history, but traverse it. > The same behaviour exists in desktop browsers. > > Daniel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
