Seems like they don't want you to do that anymore <https://developer.android.com/about/versions/marshmallow/android-6.0-changes.html#behavior-bookmark-browser> :
If your app targets Android 6.0 (API level 23) or higher, don't access > bookmarks from the global provider or use the bookmark permissions. > Instead, your app should store bookmarks data internally. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/CAL8x13w5fLtDiuV7JkE%3D34Bi72S1rUFyC-onkchkpGEZ%2Bw-fJA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
