This is not for driving any logic - but for an app to check if the default standard structure of the UA string in android is still intact or has the OEM changed (for whatever reason)
-Dan On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Bob Kerns <r...@acm.org> wrote: > This is seriously easy to do, and nobody needs to get hurt if you're > careful about what port you use, are willing to try a few > alternatives, and shut it down when you're done. > > You don't even have to implement HTTP -- all you have to do is LISTEN, > ACCEPT, read the request a line at a time up to the UA string, and > then close. Do it in an async task, and save away the result. > > Still, I have to wonder what you're doing at a higher level. Actually > trying to drive logic from the UA string is fraught with peril, and I > have to wonder if maybe you shouldn't seek to do things in a way that > it doesn't matter of the UA string is modified. > > If it's just for information purposes -- it's a lot easier to display > this information from a simple web application. There are a number of > them out there that do this for diagnostic purposes, or it's really > easy to write your own. > > On Feb 21, 8:33 am, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > > dan raaka wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Step #1: Write a rudimentary HTTP server in Android. > > > > Step #2: Point the browser to your HTTP server's port (e.g., > http://127.0.0.1:8080) > > > > Step #3: Read the User-Agent header > > > > Step #4: Shut your HTTP server down before somebody gets hurt > > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com| > http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 1.0 In Print! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
