[android-developers] Retrieving current URL from chrome (or browser). Use ContentProvider? Or, other method?

2013-01-16 Thread xrd 
I'm trying to get access to the current URL on the chrome browser. I want 
my service to perform a task when it recognizes the user is on a specific 
web page.

I've been able to retrieve the name of current application (Chrome) using 
a combination of the android.permission.GET_TASKS permission and this code. 
However, this just gives me the name of the application, and not the URL. 

ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) 
getSystemService(Activity.ACTIVITY_SERVICE); 
String packageName = 
am.getRunningTasks(1).get(0).topActivity.getPackageName(); 
PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); 
try { 
CharSequence c = pm.getApplicationLabel(pm.getApplicationInfo(packageName, 
PackageManager.GET_META_DATA)); 
currentAppName = c.toString(); 
}
catch (Exception e) {}

Is there a way to retrieve the URL for the current webpage in Chrome in 
another fashion?

I don't see that ContentProvider for browser provides anything with respect 
to the current URL. Would the last item in the history 
*(getAllVisitedUrls(...)) 
*tell me this?

Or, is there another way to query this information from the browser 
directly?

I don't need to do this in a sneaky way, I want the user to be fully aware 
that I am asking for this information.

Thanks,
Chris

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Re: [android-developers] Retrieving current URL from chrome (or browser). Use ContentProvider? Or, other method?

2013-01-16 Thread Mark Murphy 
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:02 PM, xrd xrdaw...@gmail.com wrote:
 Is there a way to retrieve the URL for the current webpage in Chrome in
 another fashion?

AFAIK, there is no documented and supported API for the Chrome browser
app. Fortunately, I also do not see any obvious script kiddie
approach, either.

 I don't see that ContentProvider for browser provides anything with respect
 to the current URL. Would the last item in the history
 (getAllVisitedUrls(...)) tell me this?

AFAIK, Chrome does not use that ContentProvider.

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Re: [android-developers] Retrieving current URL from chrome (or browser). Use ContentProvider? Or, other method?

2013-01-16 Thread Kristopher Micinski 
Yes.. You probably won't be able to make this work. Additionally, the get
history permission no longer works either.

Kris
On Jan 16, 2013 12:04 PM, xrd xrdaw...@gmail.com wrote:

 I'm trying to get access to the current URL on the chrome browser. I want
 my service to perform a task when it recognizes the user is on a specific
 web page.

 I've been able to retrieve the name of current application (Chrome)
 using a combination of the android.permission.GET_TASKS permission and this
 code. However, this just gives me the name of the application, and not the
 URL.

 ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager)
 getSystemService(Activity.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
 String packageName =
 am.getRunningTasks(1).get(0).topActivity.getPackageName();
 PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
 try {
 CharSequence c = pm.getApplicationLabel(pm.getApplicationInfo(packageName,
 PackageManager.GET_META_DATA));
 currentAppName = c.toString();
 }
 catch (Exception e) {}

 Is there a way to retrieve the URL for the current webpage in Chrome in
 another fashion?

 I don't see that ContentProvider for browser provides anything with
 respect to the current URL. Would the last item in the history 
 *(getAllVisitedUrls(...))
 *tell me this?

 Or, is there another way to query this information from the browser
 directly?

 I don't need to do this in a sneaky way, I want the user to be fully aware
 that I am asking for this information.

 Thanks,
 Chris

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