How to open the default browser

Question

Can I use the default browser instead of the WebView browser Is there an API for the default browser .....

or we need to force to create our own browser through WebView

Answer 1

You can use the intent with ACTION_VIEW to open a browser with your URL. It would be like this:

 Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://www.example.com")); 

Answer 2

You need to import the intent.

 String url = "http://www.google.com"; Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url)); startActivity(browserIntent); 

Answer 3

 Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse(value)); startActivity(i); 

value is your url.

Answer 4

This is a late answer, but if you just need to open the default browser without a URL, you can use about:blank , i.e.:

 Intent blankIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("about:blank")); startActivity(blankIntent); 

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Tested with

Stock Browser, Chrome, Firefox and Opera for Android