CookieManager is a public class in the Android API that manages the cookies used by an application's WebView instances. Cookies are manipulated according to RFC2109.
Questions tagged [android-cookiemanager]
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How to handle cookies in httpUrlConnection using cookieManager
I have a server request that returns multiple cookies, like that:
This is how I'm storing these cookies to the cookieManager:
HttpURLConnection connection = ... ;
static java.net.CookieManager msCookieManager = new…

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Android cookie manager - How to get all cookies
I need to get all the cookies that are stored in the webview. Currently the default webview.
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/CookieManager.html
Currently it only supports:
getCookie(String url)
I need the ability to get all…

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Webview cannot accept cookies
I'm creating a WebView based Android app that enables the user to login onto a mobile operator. When I run the app the WebView opens the website but I get a message that the WebView doesn't allow cookies. I've tried various codes that I found here…

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What does it mean by VM wide cookie management?
I am learning to store cookies in Android and came across several ways of implementing it. One of them being the use of CookieManager and CookieStore.
As I was going through Android docs, I came across the following statement:
To establish and…

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Android WebView get raw cookie information
I try to get cookie information with CookieManager in Android WebView. However, all it does is providing a key value pair of cookies, no additional information.
I also tried this post and use connection.getHeaderFields.get("Set-Cookie"); to get all…

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How to persist webview cookies between app executions?
It is possible to achieve this currently in Android? I only can find deprecated questions about old methods (CookieSynchManager) which not seems to work for this actually.
It is possible to achieve it? I can't find anything also on the Android…

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Session Cookie Not Persistent in Retrofit Android
Hi I am currently developing an Android application that uses Retrofit for making Network calls.Here is a basic over overview on my requirement.
1.Get Facebook access token and send it to the server.
2.The server sets a Session cookie in…

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How to save/load cookies to/from SharedPreferences with net.java.CookieManager?
In order to manage session through cookies in my HttpURLconnection I use
CookieManager cookieManager = new CookieManager();
CookieHandler.setDefault(cookieManager);
Now when I exit my app the cookies are deleted. How can I save them to…

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Do I need to flush after setCookie in CookieManager?
I have a code that writes the cookies from okHttp to CookieManager as below.
@Override
public void saveFromResponse(HttpUrl url, List cookies) {
CookieManager webviewCookieManager = CookieManager.getInstance();
String urlString =…

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Multiple cookies in CookieManager
Lets prepare for cookie storing:
CookieSyncManager.createInstance(getApplicationContext());
CookieSyncManager.getInstance().startSync();
CookieManager.getInstance().setAcceptCookie(true);
Then I'm putting manually some cookies, lets say PHPSESSID…

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Does CookieManager loses the cookie when you close the app?
I am working on an app which talks to server and have a login screen. I am using httpconnection to communicate with server (server sends Json response back). My login screen send email and password, which is validated by server - which sends the…

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Java android - CookieHandler - How to keep cookies after closing the app?
To keep cookies after each request in HttpURLConnection, should to add CookieHandler on the app starting:
CookieManager cookieManager = new CookieManager();
CookieHandler.setDefault(cookieManager);
But in the app closing and opening again the…

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Saving persistent cookies on Android Native apps
When developing for a browser, cookies are seamless.
However, as I'm finding out, when developing native java apps for android this is a whole new story.
What is the best way to store Persistant cookies on android?
I send both session and regular…

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Get session cookie from android webview
I'm currently developing a cordova app with an ADFS authentication through inappbrowser.
This works well so far. But I need to retrieve the session cookie stored in the webview instance and be able to use it in another application with the same…

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Detect cookie expiry on Android web view
I am setting cookies from android side with an expiry time. But I want to detect when cookie expire is there a event fire from android web view?

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