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Or if you want to start it outside an activity, you simply call startActivity on the activity instance:.

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. 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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Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 11 years, 9 months ago. Active 17 days ago. Viewed 1. How to open an URL from code in the built-in web browser rather than within my application?

Improve this question. Sufian 6, 15 15 gold badges 62 62 silver badges bronze badges. Arutha Arutha I think it's because of this: android-developers. Why this is not working in some devices? I'm seeing the same issue as Manu. Basic install on a Nexus 6, has chrome, but links causing an exception. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Vishal Chhodwani 2, 5 5 gold badges 25 25 silver badges 37 37 bronze badges.

Mark B Mark B k 21 21 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Except that your code and mbaird's aren't the same, from what I can tell for what's posted.

The URL is entered by the user, is there a way to automatically format? Try to parse uri with URI class and check is there a schema. You need null check with resolveCheck. See the offical docs : Caution: If there are no apps on the device that can receive the implicit intent, your app will crash when it calls startActivity.

Show 10 more comments. Nimantha 5, 5 5 gold badges 18 18 silver badges 48 48 bronze badges. Jorgesys Jorgesys k 22 22 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Simple Answer You can see the official sample from Android Developer.

Do I need the if check statement? 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. Flimm k 34 34 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. This presumes that the supplied url has http in it. MikeNereson MikeNereson 3, 6 6 gold badges 22 22 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges. This answer helped me immensely. I do not know what the difference was, but we had an issue with 2.

Does anyone know what the difference in the implementation is? According to Android Developer: this answer - "Create an intent with a given action.

All other fields data, type, class are null. MilaDroid 1, 2 2 gold badges 20 20 silver badges 35 35 bronze badges. Dmytro Danylyk Dmytro Danylyk Very useful when calling it from an external class — WuerfelDev. Will making a new task protect the source app from bugs and crashing, in case the web browser have problems?

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Your code should therefore check for it, as shown in the following code snippet:. Check if there are no apps on the device that can receive the implicit intent. Otherwise, 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.