I wanted to the browser ua string. i am writing an app to programmatically verify the uastring to see if the oem has changed it from the standard android ua string.
-Dan On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Bob Kerns <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're using a WebView, the answer is yes. > > WebView webview = ...; > WebSettings settings = webview.getSettings(); > String uastring = settings.getUserAgentString(); > > I don't know of a way to ask the Browser application itself -- but if > you're doing this level of stuff, you may be wanting more control > anyway, and want to use a WebView. > > What would you do with this information in an app? > > I guess you could run a little web server in your app, direct the > browser to it, pick up the UA string, and redirect to somewhere else. > Bleh. A whole lot of hackery for something that hardly ever changes. > > On Feb 19, 11:21 pm, Dan Raaka <[email protected]> wrote: > > is there a way to get the User Agent of the Browser on the android > > device pro grammatically from within an app ? > > > > -Dan > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[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
