[android-developers] Retrieving current URL from chrome (or browser). Use ContentProvider? Or, other method?

I'm trying to get access to the current URL on the chrome browser. I want my service to perform a task when it recognizes the user is on a specific web page.

I've been able to retrieve the name of current application ("Chrome") using a combination of the android.permission.GET_TASKS permission and this code. However, this just gives me the name of the application, and not the URL. 

ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(Activity.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
String packageName = am.getRunningTasks(1).get(0).topActivity.getPackageName(); 
PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); 
try { 
CharSequence c = pm.getApplicationLabel(pm.getApplicationInfo(packageName, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA)); 
currentAppName = c.toString(); 
}
catch (Exception e) {}

Is there a way to retrieve the URL for the current webpage in Chrome in another fashion?

I don't see that ContentProvider for browser provides anything with respect to the current URL. Would the last item in the history (getAllVisitedUrls(...)) tell me this?

Or, is there another way to query this information from the browser directly?

I don't need to do this in a sneaky way, I want the user to be fully aware that I am asking for this information.

Thanks,

Chris

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