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Android, does URL stores in history when using in app WebView?

I have a question regard history of default browser in Android. I want to know if an application uses WebView to display a URL, does this url is accessable when another application gets history of default browser? example: Application A contains a webview that loads www.A_SITE.com/terms.html. Application B has a feature that get history of default( or Chrome) browser by cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(Browser.BOOKMARKS_URI, Browser.HISTORY_PROJECTION, null, null, null); and pass it to its back-end server.

So my question is does this address www.A_SITE.com/terms.html will be retrieved by above query? I read WebView documentation and although It mentioned that it doesn't include any features of web browser, I didn't find they mention that its history is private and is not accessible by queries.

Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Solution

  • I don't think so. Based on my experience, each WebView stores it's own history. However, any URL opened in a WebView is not accessible by browser's history.

    I don't know the real reason, but my guess is related to how App in Android runs in a sandboxed process (app data is not accessible by other app)