How can I open a URL in Android's web browser

Question

How to open an URL from code in the built-in web browser rather than within my application?

I tried this:

try {
    Intent myIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(download_link));
    startActivity(myIntent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
    Toast.makeText(this, "No application can handle this request."
        + " Please install a webbrowser",  Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    e.printStackTrace();
}

but I got an Exception:

No activity found to handle Intent{action=android.intent.action.VIEW data =www.google.com

Answer 1

Check whether your url is correct. For me there was an unwanted space before url.

Answer 2

Intent getWebPage = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(MyLink));          
startActivity(getWebPage);

Answer 3

If you want to show user a dialogue with all browser list, so he can choose preferred, here is sample code:

private static final String HTTPS = "https://";
private static final String HTTP = "http://";

public static void openBrowser(final Context context, String url) {

     if (!url.startsWith(HTTP) && !url.startsWith(HTTPS)) {
            url = HTTP + url;
     }

     Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
     context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Choose browser"));// Choose browser is arbitrary :)

}

Answer 4

//OnClick Listener

  @Override
      public void onClick(View v) {
        String webUrl = news.getNewsURL();
        if(webUrl!="")
        Utils.intentWebURL(mContext, webUrl);
      }

//Your Util Method

public static void intentWebURL(Context context, String url) {
        if (!url.startsWith("http://") && !url.startsWith("https://")) {
            url = "http://" + url;
        }
        boolean flag = isURL(url);
        if (flag) {
            Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                    Uri.parse(url));
            context.startActivity(browserIntent);
        }

    }

Answer 5

Webview can be used to load Url in your applicaion. URL can be provided from user in text view or you can hardcode it.

Also don't forget internet permissions in AndroidManifest.

String url="http://developer.android.com/index.html"

WebView wv=(WebView)findViewById(R.id.webView);
wv.setWebViewClient(new MyBrowser());
wv.getSettings().setLoadsImagesAutomatically(true);
wv.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
wv.setScrollBarStyle(View.SCROLLBARS_INSIDE_OVERLAY);
wv.loadUrl(url);

private class MyBrowser extends WebViewClient {
    @Override
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
        view.loadUrl(url);
        return true;
    }
}

Answer 6

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