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

Try this..Worked for me!

    public void webLaunch(View view) {
            WebView myWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
            myWebView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            View view1=findViewById(R.id.recharge);
            view1.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            myWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
            myWebView.loadUrl("<your link>");

        }

xml code :-

 <WebView  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:id="@+id/webview"
        android:visibility="gone"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        />

--------- OR------------------

String url = "";
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
startActivity(i);

Answer 2

dataWebView.setWebViewClient(new VbLinksWebClient() {
     @Override
     public void onPageFinished(WebView webView, String url) {
           super.onPageFinished(webView, url);
     }
});




public class VbLinksWebClient extends WebViewClient
{
    @Override
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url)
    {
        view.getContext().startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url.trim())));
        return true;
    }
}

Answer 3

other option In Load Url in Same Application using Webview

webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webView.loadUrl("http://www.google.com");

Answer 4

Just like the solutions other have written (that work fine), I would like to answer the same thing, but with a tip that I think most would prefer to use.

In case you wish the app you start to open in a new task, indepandant of your own, instead of staying on the same stack, you can use this code:

final Intent intent=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse(url));
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY|Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK|Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK);
startActivity(intent);

Answer 5

The response of MarkB is right. In my case I'm using Xamarin, and the code to use with C# and Xamarin is:

var uri = Android.Net.Uri.Parse ("http://www.xamarin.com");
var intent = new Intent (Intent.ActionView, uri);
StartActivity (intent);

This information is taked from: https://developer.xamarin.com/recipes/android/fundamentals/intent/open_a_webpage_in_the_browser_application/