Re: [android-developers] Re: webview client, that intercepts img requests on API 8
Yes, but implementing this proxy would require rooting the device. For the second question you're asking, I had hoped to imply that this was my plan, and the answer is that I believe you cannot do so. kris On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Gelonida N gelon...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Chris, On 08/06/2012 01:33 AM, Kristopher Micinski wrote: I doubt it, I tried to find a way to proxy traffic, but there's no easy hook. I.e., if you need something that is in 11 and you're on 8 you're just plain out of luck. There is one solution, but implementing it accurately would be dumb because of how much ajax stuff (and related) there is now: you can look at the HTML statically, pull out the image tags, and render the page yourself... There obviously isn't an easy way to do this, so this answer is as good as rewrite webkit. Hmm an alternative would be implementing a filtering web proxy. Much more complicated, but perhaps doable. Is there any way, that I can create an application, that would use a webview with it's custom proxy, whereas the normal browser (or other web views) would just use the default proxy setup (which is in my case 'no proxy') On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Gelonida N gelon...@gmail.com wrote: I'm having an HTC desire (Android2.2.2 Froyo API 8) and I wanted to create a custom browser (using WebViewclient), that intercepts some url requests (img tags) and skips loading these images. public WebResourceResponse shouldInterceptRequest (WebView view, String url) seems to be what I need. However I'm only on API 8 and the function has been introduced on API 11. Is there any way to do what I want to do with API 8 My phone is supposed to be updatable to Gingerbread, but that brings me only to API 9 (or 10) and still not to 11. -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: webview client, that intercepts img requests on API 8
2012/8/7 Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com Yes, but implementing this proxy would require rooting the device. Not necessarily - if the WebView is under the developer's control (i.e. there is no intention to do this system-wide), then it should be possible to feed the WebView a URL that refers to a server running on localhost (as part of the same app). -- K For the second question you're asking, I had hoped to imply that this was my plan, and the answer is that I believe you cannot do so. kris On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Gelonida N gelon...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Chris, On 08/06/2012 01:33 AM, Kristopher Micinski wrote: I doubt it, I tried to find a way to proxy traffic, but there's no easy hook. I.e., if you need something that is in 11 and you're on 8 you're just plain out of luck. There is one solution, but implementing it accurately would be dumb because of how much ajax stuff (and related) there is now: you can look at the HTML statically, pull out the image tags, and render the page yourself... There obviously isn't an easy way to do this, so this answer is as good as rewrite webkit. Hmm an alternative would be implementing a filtering web proxy. Much more complicated, but perhaps doable. Is there any way, that I can create an application, that would use a webview with it's custom proxy, whereas the normal browser (or other web views) would just use the default proxy setup (which is in my case 'no proxy') On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Gelonida N gelon...@gmail.com wrote: I'm having an HTC desire (Android2.2.2 Froyo API 8) and I wanted to create a custom browser (using WebViewclient), that intercepts some url requests (img tags) and skips loading these images. public WebResourceResponse shouldInterceptRequest (WebView view, String url) seems to be what I need. However I'm only on API 8 and the function has been introduced on API 11. Is there any way to do what I want to do with API 8 My phone is supposed to be updatable to Gingerbread, but that brings me only to API 9 (or 10) and still not to 11. -- 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 -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: webview client, that intercepts img requests on API 8
Yes, but to intercept the requests to the browser using a proxy (as the OP suggests) requires rooting the device. Sure, redirecting the links is one thing if you have control of the webview, for arbitrary ajax traffic it's a no. kris On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/8/7 Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com Yes, but implementing this proxy would require rooting the device. Not necessarily - if the WebView is under the developer's control (i.e. there is no intention to do this system-wide), then it should be possible to feed the WebView a URL that refers to a server running on localhost (as part of the same app). -- K For the second question you're asking, I had hoped to imply that this was my plan, and the answer is that I believe you cannot do so. kris On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Gelonida N gelon...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Chris, On 08/06/2012 01:33 AM, Kristopher Micinski wrote: I doubt it, I tried to find a way to proxy traffic, but there's no easy hook. I.e., if you need something that is in 11 and you're on 8 you're just plain out of luck. There is one solution, but implementing it accurately would be dumb because of how much ajax stuff (and related) there is now: you can look at the HTML statically, pull out the image tags, and render the page yourself... There obviously isn't an easy way to do this, so this answer is as good as rewrite webkit. Hmm an alternative would be implementing a filtering web proxy. Much more complicated, but perhaps doable. Is there any way, that I can create an application, that would use a webview with it's custom proxy, whereas the normal browser (or other web views) would just use the default proxy setup (which is in my case 'no proxy') On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Gelonida N gelon...@gmail.com wrote: I'm having an HTC desire (Android2.2.2 Froyo API 8) and I wanted to create a custom browser (using WebViewclient), that intercepts some url requests (img tags) and skips loading these images. public WebResourceResponse shouldInterceptRequest (WebView view, String url) seems to be what I need. However I'm only on API 8 and the function has been introduced on API 11. Is there any way to do what I want to do with API 8 My phone is supposed to be updatable to Gingerbread, but that brings me only to API 9 (or 10) and still not to 11. -- 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 -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: webview client, that intercepts img requests on API 8
2012/8/7 Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com Yes, but to intercept the requests to the browser using a proxy (as the OP suggests) requires rooting the device. Feeding a WebView that's in your own app a URL like localhost:1234?src=www.foo.bar requires rooting? Processing the received HTML / CSS, replacing links requires rooting? Sure, redirecting the links is one thing if you have control of the webview, for arbitrary ajax traffic it's a no. Agree - this won't work for requests dynamically generated by JS, but it might be acceptable depending on the requirements. -- K kris On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/8/7 Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com Yes, but implementing this proxy would require rooting the device. Not necessarily - if the WebView is under the developer's control (i.e. there is no intention to do this system-wide), then it should be possible to feed the WebView a URL that refers to a server running on localhost (as part of the same app). -- K For the second question you're asking, I had hoped to imply that this was my plan, and the answer is that I believe you cannot do so. kris On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Gelonida N gelon...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Chris, On 08/06/2012 01:33 AM, Kristopher Micinski wrote: I doubt it, I tried to find a way to proxy traffic, but there's no easy hook. I.e., if you need something that is in 11 and you're on 8 you're just plain out of luck. There is one solution, but implementing it accurately would be dumb because of how much ajax stuff (and related) there is now: you can look at the HTML statically, pull out the image tags, and render the page yourself... There obviously isn't an easy way to do this, so this answer is as good as rewrite webkit. Hmm an alternative would be implementing a filtering web proxy. Much more complicated, but perhaps doable. Is there any way, that I can create an application, that would use a webview with it's custom proxy, whereas the normal browser (or other web views) would just use the default proxy setup (which is in my case 'no proxy') On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Gelonida N gelon...@gmail.com wrote: I'm having an HTC desire (Android2.2.2 Froyo API 8) and I wanted to create a custom browser (using WebViewclient), that intercepts some url requests (img tags) and skips loading these images. public WebResourceResponse shouldInterceptRequest (WebView view, String url) seems to be what I need. However I'm only on API 8 and the function has been introduced on API 11. Is there any way to do what I want to do with API 8 My phone is supposed to be updatable to Gingerbread, but that brings me only to API 9 (or 10) and still not to 11. -- 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 -- 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 -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: webview client, that intercepts img requests on API 8
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/8/7 Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com Yes, but to intercept the requests to the browser using a proxy (as the OP suggests) requires rooting the device. Feeding a WebView that's in your own app a URL like localhost:1234?src=www.foo.bar requires rooting? Processing the received HTML / CSS, replacing links requires rooting? To do it properly, and identify all of the links statically would require a real considerable amount of analysis because of the funkiness of HTML. I previously suggested this approach to the OP, but I doubt that it will work (and it just *feels* wrong), and even if it does it's just abhorrently hacky.. So if he knows the structure of the page, then perhaps, maybe this would be an acceptable hack, but for the general case of writing a web browser, (as he says), hell no. kris -- 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
