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Anyone know if they Amazon is actually hijacking "http://market.android.com/.. http://market.android.com/... " links, or are they just taking over the "market:/
by masonlee 15y ago
Anyone know if they Amazon is actually hijacking "http://market.android.com/.. http://market.android.com/... " links, or are they just taking over the "market://..." url protocol handler? Huge difference.
- saurik 15y agoI had the same thought, and I tested it; I believe (but am willing to believe that I am wrong, as I didn't watch the network traffic itself) that it is actually hijacking the http(s):// URL. What I did: I went to one of my websites from the Kindle Fire, and sent the same Accept and User-Agent headers (the only ones that seemed to be special) to https://market.android.com/ https://market.android.com/; there was no redirect returned: it simply gave me the home page. However, going to that same URL in the Fire browser application immediately loads the Amazon App Store.
- seppo0010 15y agoI've accessed market.android.com but using Mini-Opera browser. Isn't possible http[s]://market.android.com redirects you to market:// when you open it from an android device?
- saurik 15y agoThat specific question is precisely why I explained that I attempted to use the same User-Agent and Accepts--the only seemingly differentiating headers that are sent by Amazon's Fire service--in a connection to the Android Market to see if it would redirect.