How to open a website when a Button is clicked in Android application

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I am designing an app  with several button for users to click on  Once button is clicked  user is directed to appropriate website  How do I accomplish this

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public class MainActivity extends Activity    private WebView webView1  Button google      Override protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout activity main        google    Button  findViewById R id google       google setOnClickListener new OnClickListener              public void onClick View arg0                webView1    WebView  findViewById R id webView               webView1 getSettings   setJavaScriptEnabled true               webView1 loadUrl  http   www google co in                                  Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu           Inflate the menu  this adds items to the action bar if it is present      getMenuInflater   inflate R menu main  menu       return true

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Add this to your button s click listener      Intent intent   new Intent android content Intent ACTION VIEW       try           intent setData Uri parse url            startActivity intent         catch  ActivityNotFoundException exception            Toast makeText getContext     Error text   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show            If you have a website url as a variable instead of hardcoded string then don t forget to handle an ActivityNotFoundException and show error  Or you may receive invalid url and app will simply crash   Pass random string instead of url variable and see for youself

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If you are talking about an RCP app  then what you need is the SWT link widget   Here is the official link event handler snippet   Update  Here is  minimalist android application to connect to either superuser or stackoverflow with 2 buttons   package ap android   import android app Activity  import android content Intent  import android net Uri  import android os Bundle  import android view View   public class LinkButtons extends Activity         Override     public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout main              public void goToSo  View view            goToUrl    http   stackoverflow com                public void goToSu  View view            goToUrl    http   superuser com                private void goToUrl  String url            Uri uriUrl   Uri parse url           Intent launchBrowser   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uriUrl           startActivity launchBrowser              And here is the layout    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android orientation  vertical  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  gt       lt TextView android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  wrap content  android text   string select    gt       lt Button android layout height  wrap content  android clickable  true  android autoLink  web  android cursorVisible  true  android layout width  match parent  android id    id button so  android text  StackOverflow  android linksClickable  true  android onClick  goToSo  gt  lt  Button gt       lt Button android layout height  wrap content  android layout width  match parent  android text  SuperUser  android autoLink  web  android clickable  true  android id    id button su  android onClick  goToSu  gt  lt  Button gt   lt  LinearLayout gt

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you can use this on your button click activity  Intent webOpen   new Intent android content Intent ACTION VIEW               WebOpen setData Uri parse  http   www google com                     startActivity myWebLink     and import this on your code  import android net Uri

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In your Java file write the following piece of code     ImageView Button    ImageView findViewById R id yourButtonsId    Button setOnClickListener new OnClickListener         public void onClick View v            Intent intent   new Intent            intent setAction Intent ACTION VIEW           intent addCategory Intent CATEGORY BROWSABLE           intent setData Uri parse  http   www yourURL com             startActivity intent

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Here is a workable answer   Manifest xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    package  com tutorial todolist    android versionCode  1    android versionName  1 0  gt     lt uses-sdk android minSdkVersion  3  gt  lt  uses-sdk gt     lt application android icon   drawable icon  android label   string app name  gt       lt activity android name   todolist                android label   string app name  gt           lt intent-filter gt               lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt               lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt           lt  intent-filter gt       lt  activity gt     lt  application gt   lt  manifest gt    todolist java  package com tutorial todolist  import android app Activity   import android content Intent  import android net Uri  import android os Bundle   import android view View  import android view View OnClickListener  import android widget Button   public class todolist extends Activity            Override     public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout main            Button btn    Button  findViewById R id btn clickme           btn setOnClickListener new OnClickListener                 public void onClick View v                    Intent myWebLink   new Intent android content Intent ACTION VIEW                   myWebLink setData Uri parse  http   www anddev org                         startActivity myWebLink                                        main xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt    lt LinearLayout xmlns android  schemas android com apk res android    android orientation  vertical     android layout width  fill parent     android layout height  fill parent   gt         lt Button android id    id btn clickme         android text  Click me            android layout width  fill parent         android layout height  wrap content    gt    lt  LinearLayout gt

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You can wrap the buttons in anchors that href to the appropriate website    lt a href  http   www stackoverflow com  gt     lt input type  button  value  Button    gt   lt  a gt   lt a href  http   www stackoverflow com  gt     lt input type  button  value  Button    gt   lt  a gt   lt a href  http   www stackoverflow com  gt     lt input type  button  value  Button    gt   lt  a gt    When the user clicks the button  input  they are directed to the destination specified in the href property of the anchor   Edit  Oops  I didn t read  Eclipse  in the question title  My mistake

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ImageView Button    ImageView findViewById R id button    Button setOnClickListener new OnClickListener          public void onClick View v            Uri uri   Uri parse  http   google com              Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri           startActivity intent

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Import import android net Uri    Intent openURL   new Intent android content Intent ACTION VIEW   openURL setData Uri parse  http   www example com     startActivity openURL     or it can be done using   TextView textView    TextView findViewById R id yourID    textView setOnClickListener new OnClickListener         public void onClick View v            Intent intent   new Intent            intent setAction Intent ACTION VIEW           intent addCategory Intent CATEGORY BROWSABLE           intent setData Uri parse  http   www typeyourURL com             startActivity intent

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I just need one line to show a website in my app   startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  http   match4app com

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