Android APIs
public abstract class

WebIconDatabase

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.webkit.WebIconDatabase

This class was deprecated in API level 18.
This class is only required when running on devices up to JELLY_BEAN_MR2

Class Overview

Functions for manipulating the icon database used by WebView. These functions require that a WebView be constructed before being invoked and WebView.getIconDatabase() will return a WebIconDatabase object. This WebIconDatabase object is a single instance and all methods operate on that single object. The main use-case for this class is calling open(String) to enable favicon functionality on all WebView instances in this process.

Summary

Nested Classes
interface WebIconDatabase.IconListener This interface was deprecated in API level 18. This interface is obsolete.  
Public Constructors
WebIconDatabase()
Public Methods
abstract void close()
Close the shared instance of the icon database.
static WebIconDatabase getInstance()
Get the global instance of WebIconDatabase.
abstract void open(String path)
Open a the icon database and store the icons in the given path.
abstract void releaseIconForPageUrl(String url)
Release the icon for the given page url.
abstract void removeAllIcons()
Removes all the icons in the database.
abstract void requestIconForPageUrl(String url, WebIconDatabase.IconListener listener)
Request the Bitmap representing the icon for the given page url.
abstract void retainIconForPageUrl(String url)
Retain the icon for the given page url.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public WebIconDatabase ()

Public Methods

public abstract void close ()

Added in API level 1

Close the shared instance of the icon database.

public static WebIconDatabase getInstance ()

Added in API level 1

Get the global instance of WebIconDatabase.

Returns
  • A single instance of WebIconDatabase. It will be the same instance for the current process each time this method is called.

public abstract void open (String path)

Added in API level 1

Open a the icon database and store the icons in the given path.

Parameters
path The directory path where the icon database will be stored.

public abstract void releaseIconForPageUrl (String url)

Added in API level 1

Release the icon for the given page url.

Parameters
url The page's url.

public abstract void removeAllIcons ()

Added in API level 1

Removes all the icons in the database.

public abstract void requestIconForPageUrl (String url, WebIconDatabase.IconListener listener)

Added in API level 1

Request the Bitmap representing the icon for the given page url. If the icon exists, the listener will be called with the result.

Parameters
url The page's url.
listener An implementation on IconListener to receive the result.

public abstract void retainIconForPageUrl (String url)

Added in API level 1

Retain the icon for the given page url.

Parameters
url The page's url.