3 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index b053c4a0f895..b00c8985eeac 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -58545,7 +58545,7 @@ package android.webkit {
     method public void setWebViewRenderProcessClient(@Nullable android.webkit.WebViewRenderProcessClient);
     method @Deprecated public boolean shouldDelayChildPressedState();
     method @Deprecated public boolean showFindDialog(@Nullable String, boolean);
-    method public static void startSafeBrowsing(@NonNull android.content.Context, @Nullable android.webkit.ValueCallback<java.lang.Boolean>);
+    method @Deprecated @FlaggedApi("android.webkit.deprecate_start_safe_browsing") public static void startSafeBrowsing(@NonNull android.content.Context, @Nullable android.webkit.ValueCallback<java.lang.Boolean>);
     method public void stopLoading();
     method public void zoomBy(float);
     method public boolean zoomIn();
diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java b/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
index ffe8c80023c4..b6663992b851 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package android.webkit;
 
 import android.annotation.CallbackExecutor;
+import android.annotation.FlaggedApi;
 import android.annotation.IntDef;
 import android.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -1495,7 +1496,13 @@ public class WebView extends AbsoluteLayout
      * @param context Application Context.
      * @param callback will be called on the UI thread with {@code true} if initialization is
      * successful, {@code false} otherwise.
+     * @deprecated In WebView version 122.0.6174.0 and later, this initialization is done
+     * automatically, so there is no need to call this API. If called, this API will invoke
+     * the {@code callback} immediately with {@code true}, given that Safe Browsing
+     * is enabled and supported on the device.
      */
+    @Deprecated
+    @FlaggedApi(android.webkit.Flags.FLAG_DEPRECATE_START_SAFE_BROWSING)
     public static void startSafeBrowsing(@NonNull Context context,
             @Nullable ValueCallback<Boolean> callback) {
         getFactory().getStatics().initSafeBrowsing(context, callback);
diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/flags.aconfig b/core/java/android/webkit/flags.aconfig
index b2f1c9af251d..c9e94d2f57f6 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/flags.aconfig
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/flags.aconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ flag {
 }
 
 flag {
+    name: "deprecate_start_safe_browsing"
+    is_exported: true
+    namespace: "webview"
+    description: "Deprecating startSafeBrowsing API because it is a NOOP"
+    bug: "372193372"
+}
+
+flag {
     name: "mainline_apis"
     is_exported: true
     namespace: "webview"