How to open a web page in Google chrome incognito from android app

Question

I have spent much time on this and unable to figured out about this.

I need to launch chrome browser in incognito mode.

My Code:

    private void launchBrowser() {
    String url = "http://foyr.com";
    Intent launchGoogleChrome = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
    launchGoogleChrome.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    launchGoogleChrome.setPackage("com.android.chrome");
    try {
        startActivity(launchGoogleChrome);
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
        launchGoogleChrome.setPackage(null);
        startActivity(launchGoogleChrome);
    }
}

i found several posts on this but am unable to find the solution. here

This link gives me some idea about incognito mode but i tried this also.

    private void launchBrowser() {
    String url = "http://foyr.com";
    Intent launchGoogleChrome = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
    launchGoogleChrome.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    launchGoogleChrome.setPackage("com.android.chrome");
    launchGoogleChrome.putExtra("com.android.chrome.EXTRA_OPEN_NEW_INCOGNITO_TAB", true);
    try {
        startActivity(launchGoogleChrome);
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
        launchGoogleChrome.setPackage(null);
        startActivity(launchGoogleChrome);
    }
}

But chrome browser is not receiving any intent info from app. can any one help me where am wrong and what to do?

Answer 1

From the source code :

// "Open new incognito tab" is currently limited to Chrome or first parties.
if (!isInternal
        && IntentUtils.safeGetBooleanExtra(
                   intent, EXTRA_OPEN_NEW_INCOGNITO_TAB, false)) {
    return true;
}

It seems the extra will do nothing unless you are forking Chrome or explicitly allowed to by Google.