WebHistoryItem

public abstract class WebHistoryItem
extends Object implements Cloneable

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.webkit.WebHistoryItem


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.

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Summary

Public constructors

WebHistoryItem()

Public methods

abstract Bitmap getFavicon()

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

abstract String getOriginalUrl()

Return the original url of this history item.

abstract String getTitle()

Return the document title of this history item.

abstract String getUrl()

Return the url of this history item.

Protected methods

abstract WebHistoryItem clone()

Clone the history item for use by clients of WebView.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

WebHistoryItem

public WebHistoryItem ()

Public methods

getFavicon

Added in API level 1
public abstract Bitmap getFavicon ()

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

Returns
Bitmap A Bitmap containing the favicon for this history item or null.

getOriginalUrl

Added in API level 3
public abstract String getOriginalUrl ()

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
String The original url of this history item.

getTitle

Added in API level 1
public abstract String getTitle ()

Return the document title of this history item.

Returns
String The document title of this history item.

getUrl

Added in API level 1
public abstract String getUrl ()

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
String The base url of this history item.

Protected methods

clone

Added in API level 1
protected abstract WebHistoryItem clone ()

Clone the history item for use by clients of WebView. On Android 4.4 and later there is no need to use this, as the object is already a read-only copy of the internal state.

Returns
WebHistoryItem a clone of this instance.