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 > > -- > 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 -- 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