How can I open a URL in Android s web browser from my application

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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

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In 2 3  I had better luck with  final Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  setData Uri parse url    activity startActivity intent     The difference being the use of Intent ACTION VIEW rather than the String  android intent action VIEW

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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

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Try this one OmegaIntentBuilder  OmegaIntentBuilder from context                   web  Your url here                    createIntentHandler                    failToast  You don t have app for open urls                    startActivity

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Kotlin   startActivity Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  apply               data   Uri parse your link

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So I ve looked for this for a long time because all the other answers were opening default app for that link  but not default browser and that s what I wanted   I finally managed to do so      gathering the default browser final Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  http        final ResolveInfo resolveInfo   context getPackageManager        resolveActivity intent  PackageManager MATCH DEFAULT ONLY   String defaultBrowserPackageName   resolveInfo activityInfo packageName    final Intent intent2   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW   intent2 setData Uri parse url     if   defaultBrowserPackageName equals  android            android   no default browser is set          android  lt  6 or fresh browser install or simply no default set         if it s the case  not in this block   it will just use normal way      intent2 setPackage defaultBrowserPackageName      context startActivity intent2     BTW  you can notice context whatever  because I ve used this for a static util method  if you are doing this in an activity  it s not needed

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I think this is the best  openBrowser context   http   www google com     Put below code into global class      public static void openBrowser Context context  String url             if   url startsWith  http       amp  amp   url startsWith  https                   url    http       url           Intent browserIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse url            context startActivity browserIntent

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Based on the answer by Mark B and the comments bellow   protected void launchUrl String url        Uri uri   Uri parse url        if  uri getScheme      null    uri getScheme   isEmpty              uri   Uri parse  http       url              Intent browserIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri        if  browserIntent resolveActivity getPackageManager       null            startActivity browserIntent

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Simple Answer  You can see the official sample from Android Developer          Open a web page of a specified URL        param url URL to open     public void openWebPage String url        Uri webpage   Uri parse url       Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  webpage       if  intent resolveActivity getPackageManager       null            startActivity intent             How it works  Please have a look at the constructor of Intent   public Intent  String action  Uri uri    You can pass android net Uri instance to the 2nd parameter  and a new Intent is created based on the given data url    And then  simply call startActivity Intent intent  to start a new Activity  which is bundled with the Intent with the given URL   Do I need the if check statement   Yes  The docs says      If there are no apps on the device that can receive the implicit intent  your app will crash when it calls startActivity    To first verify that an app exists to receive the intent  call resolveActivity   on your Intent object  If the result is non-null  there is at least one app that can handle the intent and it s safe to call startActivity    If the result is null  you should not use the intent and  if possible  you should disable the feature that invokes the intent    Bonus  You can write in one line when creating the Intent instance like below   Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse url

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Simple and Best Practice  Method 1   String intentUrl  www google com   Intent webIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse intentUrl        if webIntent resolveActivity getPackageManager     null           startActivity webIntent            else          show Error Toast                or          Open play store to download browser                   Method 2   try      String intentUrl  www google com       Intent webIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse intentUrl            startActivity webIntent        catch  ActivityNotFoundException e                     show Error Toast                         or                   Open play store to download browser

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This way uses a method  to allow you to input any String instead of having a fixed input  This does save some lines of code if used a repeated amount of times  as you only need three lines to call the method   public Intent getWebIntent String url          Make sure it is a valid URL before parsing the URL      if  url contains  http       amp  amp   url contains  https                  If it isn t  just add the HTTP protocol at the start of the URL          url    http       url              create the intent     Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse url   And parse the valid URL  It doesn t need to be changed at this point  it we don t create an instance for it         if  intent resolveActivity getPackageManager       null              Make sure there is an app to handle this intent         return intent              If there is no app  return null      return null      Using this method makes it universally usable  IT doesn t have to be placed in a specific activity  as you can use it like this   Intent i   getWebIntent  google com    if i    null      startActivity      Or if you want to start it outside an activity  you simply call startActivity on the activity instance   Intent i   getWebIntent  google com    if i    null      activityInstance startActivity i     As seen in both of these code blocks there is a null-check  This is as it returns null if there is no app to handle the intent    This method defaults to HTTP if there is no protocol defined  as there are websites who don t have an SSL certificate what you need for an HTTPS connection  and those will stop working if you attempt to use HTTPS and it isn t there  Any website can still force over to HTTPS  so those sides lands you at HTTPS either way    Because this method uses outside resources to display the page  there is no need for you to declare the INternet permission  The app that displays the webpage has to do that

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Kotlin Developers can use this var webpage   Uri parse url      if   url startsWith  quot http    quot    amp  amp   url startsWith  quot https    quot              webpage   Uri parse  quot http    url quot             val intent   Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  webpage      if  intent resolveActivity packageManager     null            startActivity intent

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From Anko library method fun Context browse url  String  newTask  Boolean   false   Boolean       try           val intent   Intent Intent ACTION VIEW          intent data   Uri parse url          if  newTask                intent addFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK                    startActivity intent          return true       catch  e  ActivityNotFoundException            e printStackTrace           return false

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a common way to achieve this is with the next code   String url    http   www stackoverflow com   Intent i   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW   i setData Uri parse url     startActivity i      that could be changed to a short code version      Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  setData Uri parse  http   www stackoverflow com           startActivity intent      or    Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  http   www stackoverflow com      startActivity intent     the shortest     startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  http   www stackoverflow com        happy coding

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You can also go this way  In xml     lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt WebView   xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android id    id webView1  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent    gt    In java code    public class WebViewActivity extends Activity    private WebView webView   public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout webview        webView    WebView  findViewById R id webView1       webView getSettings   setJavaScriptEnabled true       webView loadUrl  http   www google com             In Manifest dont forget to add internet permission

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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       amp  amp   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

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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

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android webkit URLUtil has the method guessUrl String  working perfectly fine  even with file    or data     since Api level 1  Android 1 0   Use as   String url   URLUtil guessUrl link       url com            - gt   http   url com       adds http        http   url         - gt   http   url com       adds  com     https   url        - gt   https   url com      adds  com     url                - gt   http   www url com   adds http   www  and  com     http   www url com - gt   http   www url com      https   url com    - gt   https   url com     file   dir to file - gt   file   dir to file    data   dataline    - gt   data   dataline    content   test     - gt   content   test   In the Activity call   Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse URLUtil guessUrl download link      if  intent resolveActivity getPackageManager       null      startActivity intent     Check the complete guessUrl code for more info

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If you want to do this with XML not programmatically you can use on your TextView   android autoLink  web  android linksClickable  true

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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

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Within in your try block paste the following code Android Intent uses directly the link within the URI Uniform Resource Identifier  braces in order to identify the location of your link   You can try this   Intent myIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  http   www google com     startActivity myIntent

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Intent getWebPage   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse MyLink              startActivity getWebPage

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Basic Introduction       https    is using that one into the  code  so that no one in between can read them  This keeps your information safe from hackers       http    is using just sharing purpose  it s not secured        About Your Problem  XML designing        lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android orientation  vertical      tools context  com example sridhar sharedpreferencesstackoverflow MainActivity  gt      lt LinearLayout        android orientation  horizontal         android background   228b22         android layout weight  1         android layout width  match parent         android layout height  0dp  gt         lt Button           android id    id normal search            android text  secure Search            android onClick  secure            android layout weight  1            android layout width  0dp            android layout height  wrap content    gt         lt Button           android id    id secure search            android text  Normal Search            android onClick  normal            android layout weight  1            android layout width  0dp            android layout height  wrap content    gt      lt  LinearLayout gt       lt LinearLayout        android layout weight  9         android id    id button container         android layout width  match parent         android layout height  0dp         android orientation  horizontal  gt          lt WebView           android id    id webView1            android layout width  match parent            android layout height  match parent    gt       lt  LinearLayout gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    Activity Designing        public class MainActivity extends Activity         securely open the browser     public String Url secure  https   www stackoverflow com         normal purpouse     public String Url normal  https   www stackoverflow com        WebView webView        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout activity main           webView  WebView findViewById R id webView1              public void secure View view           webView setWebViewClient new SecureSearch             webView getSettings   setLoadsImagesAutomatically true           webView getSettings   setJavaScriptEnabled true           webView setScrollBarStyle View SCROLLBARS INSIDE OVERLAY           webView loadUrl Url secure             public void normal View view           webView setWebViewClient new NormalSearch             webView getSettings   setLoadsImagesAutomatically true           webView getSettings   setJavaScriptEnabled true           webView setScrollBarStyle View SCROLLBARS INSIDE OVERLAY           webView loadUrl Url normal              public class SecureSearch extends WebViewClient           Override         public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading WebView view  String Url secure                view loadUrl Url secure               return true                      public class NormalSearch extends WebViewClient           Override         public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading WebView view  String Url normal                view loadUrl Url normal               return true                      Android Manifest Xml permissions        lt uses-permission android name  android permission INTERNET   gt    You face Problems when implementing this        getting The Manifest permissions      excess space s between url      Check your url s correct or not

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String url    https   www thandroid-mania com    if  url startsWith  https         url startsWith  http             Uri uri   Uri parse url       Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri       startActivity intent    else      Toast makeText mContext   Invalid Url   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show        That error occurred because of invalid URL  Android OS can t find action view for your data  So you have validate that the URL is valid or not

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Simple  website view via intent   Intent viewIntent   new Intent  android intent action VIEW   Uri parse  http   www yoursite in     startActivity viewIntent       use this simple code toview your website in android app   Add internet permission in manifest file    lt uses-permission android name  android permission INTERNET    gt

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

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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

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try this code     AndroidManifest xml     lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools     package  com example myapplication5  gt        lt uses-permission android name  android permission INTERNET    gt        lt application     android usesCleartextTraffic  true      android allowBackup  true                   gt        lt activity android name   MainActivity          android screenOrientation  portrait          tools ignore  LockedOrientationActivity  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       MainActivity java   import android app Activity  import android content res Resources  import android os Bundle  import android view View  import android view Window  import android webkit WebSettings  import android webkit WebView  import android webkit WebViewClient  import android widget Toast   public class MainActivity extends Activity       private WebView mWebview      String link         global variable     Resources res    global variable       Override       protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           requestWindowFeature Window FEATURE NO TITLE           setContentView R layout home            loadWebPage               public void loadWebPage                 mWebview    WebView  findViewById R id webView           WebSettings webSettings   mWebview getSettings            webSettings setJavaScriptEnabled true           webSettings setUseWideViewPort true           webSettings setLoadWithOverviewMode true           final Activity activity   this          mWebview setWebViewClient new WebViewClient                 public void onReceivedError WebView view  int errorCode  String description  String failingUrl                    Toast makeText activity  description  Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                                      mWebview loadUrl  http   www google com                public void reLoad View v                loadWebPage                 Layout xml    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android orientation  vertical  gt        lt TextView         android id    id textView          android layout width  335dp          android layout height  47dp          android layout alignParentStart  true          android layout alignParentTop  true          android layout marginStart  9dp          android layout marginTop  8dp          android paddingLeft  10dp          android paddingTop  5dp          android text  URL   https   ktmmovie co           android textSize  18dp          android layout marginLeft  9dp          android layout alignParentLeft  true    gt        lt com google android material floatingactionbutton FloatingActionButton         android id    id floatingActionButton2          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android layout alignParentTop  true          android layout alignParentEnd  true          android layout marginStart  7dp          android layout marginLeft  7dp          android layout marginEnd  8dp          android layout toEndOf    id textView          android layout toRightOf    id textView          android clickable  true          android src   android drawable ic popup sync          android layout marginRight  8dp          android layout alignParentRight  true          android onClick  reLoad   gt        lt WebView         android id    id webView          android layout width  401dp          android layout height  665dp          android layout below    id textView          android layout alignParentStart  true          android layout alignParentLeft  true          android layout alignParentBottom  true          android layout centerHorizontal  true          android layout marginStart  3dp          android layout marginLeft  3dp          android layout marginTop  3dp          android layout marginBottom  7dp    gt     lt  RelativeLayout gt

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String url    http   www example com   Intent i   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW   i setData Uri parse url    startActivity i

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A short code version      if   strUrl startsWith  http       amp  amp   strUrl startsWith  https             strUrl   http       strUrl        startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse strUrl

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Chrome custom tabs are now available   The first step is adding the Custom Tabs Support Library to your build gradle file   dependencies               compile  com android support customtabs 24 2 0      And then  to open a chrome custom tab   String url    https   www google pt    CustomTabsIntent Builder builder   new CustomTabsIntent Builder    CustomTabsIntent customTabsIntent   builder build    customTabsIntent launchUrl this  Uri parse url      For more info  https   developer chrome com multidevice android customtabs

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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 FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK Intent FLAG ACTIVITY MULTIPLE TASK   startActivity intent     There is also a way to open the URL in Chrome Custom Tabs   Example in Kotlin     JvmStatic fun openWebsite activity  Activity  websiteUrl  String  useWebBrowserAppAsFallbackIfPossible  Boolean        var websiteUrl   websiteUrl     if  TextUtils isEmpty websiteUrl           return     if  websiteUrl startsWith  www            websiteUrl    http    websiteUrl      else if   websiteUrl startsWith  http            websiteUrl    http   www  websiteUrl      val finalWebsiteUrl   websiteUrl       https   github com GoogleChrome custom-tabs-client     val webviewFallback   object   CustomTabActivityHelper CustomTabFallback           override fun openUri activity  Activity  uri  Uri                 var intent  Intent             if  useWebBrowserAppAsFallbackIfPossible                    intent   Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse finalWebsiteUrl                   intent addFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK or Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NO HISTORY                         or Intent FLAG ACTIVITY CLEAR WHEN TASK RESET or Intent FLAG ACTIVITY MULTIPLE TASK                  if   CollectionUtil isEmpty activity packageManager queryIntentActivities intent  0                          activity startActivity intent                      return                                                open our own Activity to show the URL             intent   Intent activity  WebViewActivity  class java              WebViewActivity prepareIntent intent  finalWebsiteUrl              activity startActivity intent                      val uri   Uri parse finalWebsiteUrl      val intentBuilder   CustomTabsIntent Builder       val customTabsIntent   intentBuilder build       customTabsIntent intent addFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK or Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NO HISTORY             or Intent FLAG ACTIVITY CLEAR WHEN TASK RESET or Intent FLAG ACTIVITY MULTIPLE TASK      CustomTabActivityHelper openCustomTab activity  customTabsIntent  uri  webviewFallback

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The Kotlin answer  val browserIntent   Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri  ContextCompat startActivity context  browserIntent  null   I have added an extension on Uri to make this even easier myUri openInBrowser context   fun Uri  openInBrowser context  Context        this    return    Do nothing if uri is null      val browserIntent   Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  this      ContextCompat startActivity context  browserIntent  null     As a bonus  here is a simple extension function to safely convert a String to Uri   quot https   stackoverflow com quot  asUri    openInBrowser context   fun String  asUri    Uri        try           return Uri parse this        catch  e  Exception         return null

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Try this   Uri uri   Uri parse  https   www google com    startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri      or if you want then web browser open in your activity then do like this   WebView webView    WebView  findViewById R id webView1   WebSettings settings   webview getSettings    settings setJavaScriptEnabled true   webView loadUrl URL     and if you want to use zoom control in your browser then you can use   settings setSupportZoom true   settings setBuiltInZoomControls true

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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   amp  amp   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

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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   lt your link gt                  xml code  -      lt 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            gt    --------- OR------------------  String url       Intent i   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW   i setData Uri parse url    startActivity i

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Okay I checked every answer but what app has deeplinking with same URL that user want to use    Today I got this case and answer is browserIntent setPackage  browser package name     e g         Intent browserIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  http   www google com         browserIntent setPackage  com android chrome       Whatever browser you are using     startActivity browserIntent     Thank you

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Try this   Intent browserIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  http   www google com     startActivity browserIntent     That works fine for me   As for the missing  http     I d just do something like this   if   url startsWith  http       amp  amp   url startsWith  https          url    http       url    I would also probably pre-populate your EditText that the user is typing a URL in with  http

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Simply go with short one to open your Url in Browser   Intent browserIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  YourUrlHere     startActivity browserIntent

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