Android: Sending an Intent to Browser to open specific URL

Question

Hi guys,

I'm just wondering how to fire up an Intent to the phone's browser to Open an specific URL and display it.

Can someone please give a hint?

Is there also a way to pass coords directly to google maps to display?

greetz, poeschlorn

Answer 1

The page at http://www.tutorialforandroid.com/2009/04/open-urlwebsite-from-android.html suggests

Here is a small piece of code to open a URL/Website from your application, place it on your class that has startActivity function, for example your class that extends Activity

String url = "http://almondmendoza.com/android-applications/";
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
startActivity(i);

Have a look at the documentation of Intent.ACTION_VIEW.

Answer 2

The short version

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, 
       Uri.parse("http://almondmendoza.com/android-applications/"));
startActivity(i);

should work as well...