Android - Possible to add broadcast to separate application?

Question

This might be a stretch, but I was wondering if it is possible to add functionality to an application that is already created for the android device. Specifically, I would like to send a broadcast whenever the user tries to make a new search in the internet browser. There might be another way to act only when the user searches the browser, but I thought this would be the easiest. If this isn't possible (or is completely the wrong way of going about this), please let me know. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

You can probably query the Browser provider and get search data from it. Here is some basic code on how to do it:

Cursor cursor = this.context.getContentResolver().query(Browser.SEARCHES_URI, null, null, null, null);
    if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        while (!cursor.isAfterLast()) {
            final int indexDate = cursor.getColumnIndex(Browser.SearchColumns.DATE);
            final int indexTerm = cursor.getColumnIndex(Browser.SearchColumns.SEARCH);
            String date = cursor.getString(indexDate);
            String term = cursor.getString(indexTerm);
            cursor.moveToNext();
        }
    }
    cursor.close();

Keep in mind that it would be better if you run queries on a separate Thread using the Loader framework.

I do not think there is a broadcast sent when a new search is performed.