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How to block specific urls in Android

I am developing a parental kind of App in which there is a requirement to block specific urls from all the browsers in the Device. I think this is an old question but couldn't find any solution yet on stack.

Do you have any working solutions. Assumption - The device is rooted.

Regards, sha

Solution

  • I have two resources for you:

    1. Since the device is rooted you can work directly with iptables. iptables will give you very precise control over all coming and going data packets. Check out open source projects like AFWall+ on GitHub for iptables in action.

    2. If you want to be able to run your app on unrooted devices look into creating a fake VPN. You don't send any data to an actual VPN server, you simply use the VPN API to filter all the information coming and going. Check out Disconnect (whenever they actually share their open source code...) or OpenVPN which is what Disconnect builds on.