Get Default Browser Bookmarks, and store to text file

Question

How to get default browser bookmarks, and how to store default browser bookmarks to text files.

In this links to i got the Bookmarks URL and Label (Include all sub-folders URL and Label). Refer this link Get browser history and search result in android

How to get a Bookmarks URL and Label in the tree structure format.

Default Browser contains URL.
In this BOOKMARKS contains URL and Folders and Sub-Folders.
Each Folder contains some URL and Folders
How do i get the tree structure format.

For Example, How do get this tree structure format

BOOKMARKS (Parent Folder)
    JAVA (Child Folder)
        http://www.java2s.com/
        http://roseindia.net/
    ANDROID (Child Folder)
        ANDROIDDEVELOPER (Child Folder)
            http://developer.android.com/index.html
        https://play.google.com/store?hl=en
    http://developer.android.com

How do get tree structure format. Is it possible. Please Guide me.

Thanks in advance.

check this below link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7626084/get-browser-history-and-search-result-in-android — Vishwanath.M, Jul 12 '12 at 06:03
add permission in manifest file com.android.browser.permission.READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS — Vishwanath.M, Jul 13 '12 at 08:17
Sorry, I am missing uses permission in the android manifest. Thank you. — Sathish Sathish, Jul 13 '12 at 08:17
@vishwa Thanks for your information. Now i am edited my question. see my question. — Sathish Sathish, Jul 13 '12 at 10:22
I guess there is no way to get the actual folder structure of the bookmarks, as @SathishSathish asks? It would be very useful, but I search everywhere and nothing comes up. — gregko, Jun 10 '15 at 20:38

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 22 '14 at 02:35

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Add the below to your Android Manifest file as mentioned

<uses-permission android:name="com.android.browser.permission.READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS"/>

answered Feb 22 '14 at 02:35

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

You can get bookmarks with following code snippet -

static final String[] columns = { Browser.BookmarkColumns.TITLE, Browser.BookmarkColumns.URL };
Cursor query = getContentResolver().query(Browser.BOOKMARKS_URI,columns, null, null, null);
query.moveToFirst();
while (query.moveToNext()) {
    String title = query.getString(query.getColumnIndex(Browser.BookmarkColumns.TITLE));
    String url = query.getString(query.getColumnIndex(Browser.BookmarkColumns.URL));
}

Also you will need to give following permission in the manifest file to read them -

<uses-permission android:name="com.android.browser.permission.READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS"/>

For more detail see documentation

public static final Uri BOOKMARKS_URI

A table containing both bookmarks and history items. The columns of the table are defined in Browser.BookmarkColumns. Reading this table requires the READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS permission and writing to it requires the WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS permission.

Code gets history too. Some code for get ONLY the BOOKMARKS? — , May 03 '15 at 22:58
Where is the documentation of this permission? The link leads to the Browser class; there is nothing about permissions or bookmarks there... — pkalinow, Sep 13 '17 at 13:19

Get Default Browser Bookmarks, and store to text file

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