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I have a little question.

Does localStorage get wiped off once the user clears the bowser history?

If yes, then is there a way that I can save a URL as a string on the mobile device somewhere which always stays there even if the user or any other application forces the browser history to be cleared.

And I can go get that string(URL) whenever I need it for my mobile app.

The thing is I want to save URL of a restful service which fetches updates to the mobile client. I want that whenever a user launches my mobile app for the first time only he should manually key-in that URL (that will be provided by me) to get the updates and then some how I use some JavaScript API to save that URL on mobile device(which user is never ever able to delete even if the browser history is deleted anyway)so that on every subsequent launch the user needs not to key-in that URL again for the updates and if the updates exit mobile app should automatically be able to get that saved URL and contact the service to fetch the updates.

Thanks.

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  • Too many questions… What is your problem at hand that you're trying to solve? Commented Oct 22, 2014 at 16:33
  • I'm sure you could answer your first question yourself, seeing as you are the one trying to retrieve it. The simple answer is that you can save a URL as a bookmark. Commented Oct 22, 2014 at 16:36

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Does localStorage get wiped off once the user clears the bowser history?

Yes localstorage does get cleared when browser data is removed.

Save a URL as a string on the mobile device somewhere which always stays there even if the user or any other application forces the browser history to be cleared.

Are you refering to an actual mobile app or a website in a browser on a phone? If its a website within the browser then the answer is no.

If you are referring to an actual mobile app then there are several method to store data. You might want to expand you question if this is the case.

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Sorry for being not crystal clear upfront, I have updated my question and is really concerned about the URL thing, kindly refer to the original question edited.
There is storage on a mobile device to store information which will not get deleted when somebody clears their browser history, but this is only available to actual installed mobile apps, not websites ran through a browser.

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