Android : Open a URL in a Browser [duplicate]

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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.

Answer 1

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.