getting WebView history from WebBackForwardList

Question

How do i get the history of a WebView using the WebBackForwardList class? I looked at the documentation page but i could not understand it, is WebBackForwardList the proper way to access the history of WebView? I intend to parse the history to a ListView, I cannot find any examples of how to access the history of WebView, What is the proper method to get the history?

Answer 1

On your webView instance, just use copyBackForwardList(), for example

WebBackForwardList wbfl = webView.copyBackForwardList();

Then setup a for-loop to scan the list, pull entries (e.g., title, URL), and send them to your ListView (or whatever).

Answer 2

Yeah, you can use WebBackForwardList

Example:

public void getBackForwardList(){
    WebBackForwardList currentList = this.copyBackForwardList();
    int currentSize = currentList.getSize();
    for(int i = 0; i < currentSize; ++i)
    {
        WebHistoryItem item = currentList.getItemAtIndex(i);
        String url = item.getUrl();
        LOG.d(TAG, "The URL at index: " + Integer.toString(i) + " is " + url );
    }
}