Android : Open a URL in a Browser

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How can I open a URL in Android’s web browser from my application?

I've been trying to find out how to create an intent that will open the specified URL in a Specified browser. Browser may not always be the default one. But i am unable to do so.

Vincent Mimoun-Prat · Answer 1 · 2011-06-08T10:56:03.557

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Use the Intent.ACTION_VIEW constant as Intent action and the url as data.

final Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
activity.startActivity(intent);

Note the URL must be a full URL (starting with either http:// or https://) so check in your code that the URL is not a short form such as www.google.com if it is user-defined.

edited Jun 08 '11 at 10:56

answered Jun 08 '11 at 10:29

Vincent Mimoun-Prat

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Houcine · Answer 2 · 2011-06-08T10:58:35.127

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try this :

String url = "your URL";
Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
startActivity(browserIntent);

edited Jun 08 '11 at 10:58

answered Jun 08 '11 at 10:27

Houcine

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-1 Use the Intent.ACTION_VIEW constant – Vincent Mimoun-Prat Jun 08 '11 at 10:29
if someone tried to help , people votes -1 , :) , that's a good thing ^^ , just for information : the code above is working fine for me , – Houcine Jun 08 '11 at 10:35
Help always appreciated :) Constants always better than strings too. – David Snabel-Caunt Jun 08 '11 at 10:47
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Working code does not mean it should be encouraged (the -1 is simply pointing at something I feel incorrect). Always prefer existing constants to hardcoded values. (Constant should not be within the double quotes in your edited answer). – Vincent Mimoun-Prat Jun 08 '11 at 10:51
you can simply edit it to fixe that .... problem of quotes :) – Houcine Jun 08 '11 at 10:59
But this will open the URL in the default browser, suppose i have opera mini installed and i want to open the URL with opera mini, what should i do ?? – Harshit Dubey Jun 08 '11 at 12:51

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 08 '11 at 10:36

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You can use any of them, also read the Link

 Intent browserIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW", Uri.parse("http://www.google.com")); 
startActivity(browserIntent);

or

String url = "http://www.example.com";
 Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); 
i.setData(Uri.parse(url)); startActivity(i);

answered Jun 08 '11 at 10:36

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Do not encourage the use of hardcoded values when the appropriate constant exists somewhere. That code might break in the future. – Vincent Mimoun-Prat Jun 08 '11 at 10:52
@MarvinLabs : Ok, Thnx. I will keep it in mind. Very useful suggestion. – Stuti Jun 08 '11 at 18:40

Android : Open a URL in a Browser

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