I am working on an application wich has its own URI prefix. (dchub:// in this case)
Searching all over and read a lot but I got a bit confused.
Is it possible to start my application when someone clicks on a link starting with dchub://
in the browser?
So far found a lot of examples the otherway around opening the browser from your app but thats not what I'm looking for.
Update
Thanks a lot, i've figured that, now i'm a bit stuck in the next part.
Uri data = getIntent().getData();
if (data.equals(null)) { } else {
String scheme = data.getScheme();
String host = data.getHost();
int port = data.getPort();
}
i got some nullpointerexception
s if i start the app normally, it works fine if i open from the webpage. So i thought lets include some check for nullvalue but that didn't solve it. any suggestions how i can start the app just by selecting it?
To register a protocol in your android app, add an extra block to the AndroidManifest.xml.
<manifest>
<application>
<activity>
<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="dchub"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Don't use data.equals(null). That is bound to fail, you can't call methods on a null object, hence the NPE.
Why the emtpy code block? In my mind, this is a lot prettier:
if(data != null){
// code here
}
Try this code:
try {
Uri data = getIntent().getData();
if (data.equals(null)) {
} else {
String scheme = data.getScheme();
String host = data.getHost();
int port = data.getPort();
//type what u want
tv.setText("any thing");
}
} catch (NullPointerException e) {
// TODO: handle exception
tv.setText("Null");
}