How to get cookies while browing from the android mobile programmatically?

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I want to get the browser cookies from the android application programmatically.

I got a link for one application (.apk) through one customer(i.e. website). The link will redirect me to the server(i.e., the data base of the owner of .apk file). Then the owner will check whether the customer is registered. If registered, It'll allow me to download the .apk file and the server will also send the Customer Id to the cookies. I want to get the Customer Id from the mobile browser cookies using program.

are you asking us to provide code ? – Sreenath S Jan 04 '13 at 07:22 — Sreenath S, Jan 04 '13 at 07:22
Guide me to get cookies from the mobile browser – Helina D Jan 04 '13 at 07:23 — Helina D, Jan 04 '13 at 07:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 04 '13 at 07:26

You could do some kind of xss. Depending on your website configuration if you set your cookies for all subdomains you could add a new subdomain let's call it xss.example.com where you read the cookies and put them in GET args pointing back to an URL which is caught by your app.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 04 '13 at 07:29

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The cookies, for the default android browser, are stored in

/data/data/com.android.browser/databases/webview.db.

The problem is that other applications, for security reasons, do not have access to files that do not belong to them, like the database file.

In order for what you are asking to be possible, the Browser application would have to implement this functionality.

answered Jan 04 '13 at 07:29

Dixit Patel

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can u send sample code for accessing the cookies – Helina D Jan 04 '13 at 07:33
You can access this Database if your device is rooted? – Dixit Patel Jan 04 '13 at 07:41
refere to get database http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14080985/export-sqlite-database-from-android-phone-to-my-system-as-mdb-or-accdb-database/14081063#14081063 – Dixit Patel Jan 04 '13 at 07:43

How to get cookies while browing from the android mobile programmatically?

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