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Android APIs
public class

WebHistoryItem

extends Object
implements Cloneable
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.webkit.WebHistoryItem

Class Overview

A convenience class for accessing fields in an entry in the back/forward list of a WebView. Each WebHistoryItem is a snapshot of the requested history item. Each history item may be updated during the load of a page.

See Also

Summary

Public Methods
Bitmap getFavicon ()
Return the favicon of this history item or null if no favicon was found.
String getOriginalUrl ()
Return the original url of this history item.
String getTitle ()
Return the document title of this history item.
String getUrl ()
Return the url of this history item.
Protected Methods
synchronized WebHistoryItem clone ()
Clone the history item for use by clients of WebView.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Methods

public Bitmap getFavicon ()

Added in API level 1

Return the favicon of this history item or null if no favicon was found.

Returns
  • A Bitmap containing the favicon for this history item or null. Note: The VM ensures 32-bit atomic read/write operations so we don't have to synchronize this method.

public String getOriginalUrl ()

Added in API level 3

Return the original url of this history item. This was the requested url, the final url may be different as there might have been redirects while loading the site.

Returns
  • The original url of this history item.

public String getTitle ()

Added in API level 1

Return the document title of this history item.

Returns
  • The document title of this history item. Note: The VM ensures 32-bit atomic read/write operations so we don't have to synchronize this method.

public String getUrl ()

Added in API level 1

Return the url of this history item. The url is the base url of this history item. See getTargetUrl() for the url that is the actual target of this history item.

Returns
  • The base url of this history item. Note: The VM ensures 32-bit atomic read/write operations so we don't have to synchronize this method.

Protected Methods

protected synchronized WebHistoryItem clone ()

Added in API level 1

Clone the history item for use by clients of WebView.

Returns
  • a copy of this object.