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To open a URL/website you do the following: String url = "http://www.example.com"; Intent i = new Intent(Intent. ACTION_VIEW); i.
In this way, an Intent is like the dual of a hyperlink. With a hyperlink, the source page specifies the exact URL to be navigated to. With an Intent, the source page specifies the nature of the task to be done, and the user can select any of a number of applications to be used to complete the task.
To clear this default, go to the Settings application in Android and select Apps ➪ Manage applications, and then select the application name (see Figure 2-13). When the details of the application are shown, scroll down to the bottom and click the Clear defaults button.
I did it! Using <intent-filter>. Put the following into your manifest file:
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:host="www.youtube.com" android:scheme="http" />
</intent-filter>
This works perfectly!
You might need to allow different combinations of data in your intent filter to get it to work in different cases (http/ vs https/, www. vs no www., etc).
For example, I had to do the following for an app which would open when the user opened a link to Google Drive forms (www.docs.google.com/forms)
Note that path prefix is optional.
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="http" />
<data android:scheme="https" />
<data android:host="www.docs.google.com" />
<data android:host="docs.google.com" />
<data android:pathPrefix="/forms" />
</intent-filter>
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