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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