[android] No Activity found to handle Intent : android.intent.action.VIEW

This is my code to play the recorded audio 3gp file

 Intent intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        Uri data = Uri.parse(path);
        intent.setDataAndType(data, "audio/mp3");
        startActivity(intent);

But while running it in my HTC device (Android 2.2 Froyo) shows an exception:

05-04 16:37:37.597: WARN/System.err(4065): android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=/mnt/sdcard/mnt/sdcard/audio-android.3gp typ=audio/mp3 }
05-04 16:37:37.597: WARN/System.err(4065):     at android.app.Instrumentation.checkStartActivityResult(Instrumentation.java:1567)
05-04 16:37:37.597: INFO/ActivityManager(92): Starting activity: Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=/mnt/sdcard/mnt/sdcard/audio-android.3gp typ=audio/mp3 }
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1537)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:2858)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:2964)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at com.ey.camera.AudioRecorder.playAudio(AudioRecorder.java:244)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at com.ey.camera.AudioRecorder$4.onClick(AudioRecorder.java:225)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2408)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:8817)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:144)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4937)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
05-04 16:37:37.607: WARN/System.err(4065):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

In Galaxy tablet it's working fine. How can I resolve this issue?

This question is related to android android-2.2-froyo galaxy-tab

The answer is


This exception can raise when you handle Deep linking or URL for a browser, if there is no default installed. In case of Deep linking there may be no application installed that can process a link in format myapp://mylink.

You can use the tangerine solution for API up to 29:

private fun openUrl(url: String) {
    val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url))
    val activityInfo = intent.resolveActivityInfo(packageManager, intent.flags)
    if (activityInfo?.exported == true) {
        startActivity(intent)
    } else {
        Toast.makeText(
            this,
            "No application that can handle this link found",
            Toast.LENGTH_SHORT
        ).show()
    }
}

For API >= 30 see intent.resolveActivity returns null in API 30.


If you have these error in your logcat then use these code it help me

 Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
            intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(new File(data.getLocation())), "audio/*");
            try {
                context.startActivity(intent);
            } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
                Log.d("error", e.getMessage());
            }

also

   Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MUSIC_PLAYER);
            intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(new File(data.getLocation())), "audio/*");
            try {
                context.startActivity(intent);
            } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
                Log.d("error", e.getMessage());
            }

Check this useful method:

URLUtil.guessUrl(urlString)

It makes google.com -> http://google.com


I had this same issue, so I was looking at the intent which is logged in LogCat. When viewing the video from the Gallery, it called the same Intent.View intent, but set the Type to "audio/*", which fixed my issue, and doesn't require importing MimeTypeMap. Example:

Intent intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri data = Uri.parse(path);
intent.setDataAndType(data, "audio/*");
startActivity(intent);

Url addresses must be preceded by http://

Uri uri = Uri.parse("www.google.com");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);

throws an ActivityNotFoundException. If you prepend "http://", problem solved.

Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://www.google.com");

If you don't pass the correct web URL and don't have a browser, ActivityNotFoundException occurs, so check those requirements or handle the exception explicitly. That can resolve your problem.

public static void openWebPage(Context context, String url) {
    try {
        if (!URLUtil.isValidUrl(url)) {
            Toast.makeText(context, " This is not a valid link", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();   
        } else {
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
            intent.setData(Uri.parse(url));
            context.startActivity(intent);
        }
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
        Toast.makeText(context, " You don't have any browser to open web page", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

For me when trying to open a link :

Uri uri = Uri.parse("https://www.facebook.com/abc/");
                Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
                startActivity(intent);

I got the same error android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent

The problem was because i didnt have any app that can open URLs (i.e. browsers) installed in my phone. So after Installing a browser the problem was solved.

*Lesson : Make sure there is at least one app which handles the intent you are calling *


First try this code inside AndroidManifest

  <application>
       
    <uses-library
        android:name="org.apache.http.legacy"
        android:required="false" />
 </application>

If this code works, so fine. But if not. Try this code from which class you want to pass the data or uri.

Intent window = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), Browser.class);
window.putExtra("LINK", "http://www.yourwebsite.com");
startActivity(window);

I have two ideas:

First: if you want to play 3gp file you should use mime types "audio/3gpp" or "audio/mpeg"

And second: you can try use method setData(data) for intent without any mime type.


Had this exception even changed to

"audio/*"

But thanx to @Stan i have turned very simple but usefully solution:

Uri.fromFile(File(content)) instead Uri.parse(path)

 val intent =Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
                    intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(File(content)),"audio/*")
                    startActivity(intent)

If you are also getting this error when trying to open a web page from your android app it is because your url looks like this:

www.google.com

instead of: https://www.google.com or http://www.google.com

add this code to your Activity/Fragment:

 public void openWebPage(String url) {

    Uri webpage = Uri.parse(url);

    if (!url.startsWith("http://") && !url.startsWith("https://")) {
        webpage = Uri.parse("http://" + url);
    }

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, webpage);
    if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
        startActivity(intent);
    }
}

just pass your url to openWebPage(). If it is already prefixed with https:// or http:// then you are good to go, else the if statement handles that for you


This is the right way to do it.

    try
    {
    Intent myIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    File file = new File(aFile.getAbsolutePath()); 
    String extension = android.webkit.MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(Uri.fromFile(file).toString());
    String mimetype = android.webkit.MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);
    myIntent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file),mimetype);
    startActivity(myIntent);
    }
    catch (Exception e) 
    {
        // TODO: handle exception
        String data = e.getMessage();
    }

you need to import import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;


try checking with any Url like add

https://www.google.com

in path and start activity if its works than you are adding wrong path


Answer by Maragues made me check out logcat output. Appears that the path you pass to Uri needs to be prefixed with
file:/

Since it is a local path to your storage.

You may want too look at the path itself too.

`05-04 16:37:37.597: WARN/System.err(4065): android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=/mnt/sdcard/mnt/sdcard/audio-android.3gp typ=audio/mp3 }`

Mount point seems to appear twice in the full path.