Extend browser functionality in Android

Question

When I open the Android's default browser I want to add a button or a menu entry when it's clicked to open my Intent and pass me the current url parameter.

Is this possible in Android?

@DarkXphenomenon inside the browser.Just like chrome extensions for Windows. — opc0de, Jul 16 '12 at 11:05
AFAIK, The android default browser does not support such an element which can behave like an exension, and persist across pages. Browsers Dolphin and Firefox support such extensions. — Anirudh Ramanathan, Jul 16 '12 at 11:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '12 at 11:00

Only by means of the Share option, if the browser in question has one. The standard AOSP Browser app will have such a "Share" option in the action overflow. It triggers an ACTION_SEND Intent, with a MIME type of text/plain, so any activities claiming to support that in the manifest via an <intent-filter> will be able to respond:

        <intent-filter android:label="@string/app_name">
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND"/>

            <data android:mimeType="text/plain"/>

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
        </intent-filter>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '12 at 10:58

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Of course, you can get the current url:

URL url = new URL(mWebView.getUrl());

answered Jul 16 '12 at 10:58

Sebastian Breit

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That is `WebView`, not "the browser". – CommonsWare Jul 16 '12 at 10:58
OK sorry, misunderstood the question then – Sebastian Breit Jul 16 '12 at 10:59

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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I don't know if I understood this right, but I think this what you want.

When the user clicks your button, you can redirect to a custom url, somesite://current_page_url. using javascript or the addon's capability.

That can be picked up by your intent filter with host set to "somesite", as done here.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Jul 16 '12 at 11:25

Anirudh Ramanathan

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Extend browser functionality in Android

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