Check if Android default browser or any mobile browser if active

Question

I want to know how to check if an android default browser or any mobile browser is already running. Can I also check if my url (e.g."www.url.com") is accessed? Or can I get url?

thanks.

Answer 1

I want to know how to check if an android default browser or any mobile browser is already running.

You can use ActivityManager to check which tasks are running. Example:

 ActivityManager actvityManager = (ActivityManager) youContext.getSystemService( ACTIVITY_SERVICE );
 List<RunningAppProcessInfo> procInfos = actvityManager.getRunningAppProcesses();
 for(int i = 0; i < procInfos.size(); i++)
 {
     if(procInfos.get(i).processName.equals("com.android.browser")) {
         Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Browser App is running", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
     }
 }

You can have a list of the process names you want to check if they are running. For the above example i used the default Android Browser.

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11391558/1482726

Can I also check if my url (e.g."www.url.com") is accessed? Or can I get url?

I do not think that is possible.

Answer 2

This is impossible. The android browser or any other browser (the user may have another default browser) does not emit any broadcast when an url is opened.

A possible solution is to write your own browser.