Start the android browser

Question

Hi ,

I need directions on how to start the android browser through code . Thanks !

Answer 1

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. But from what I can see you'd either want a WebView or to be able to use an Intent to use the Browser itself.

Check out the documentation of Intent. There's also a blog post which gives you 4 ways of opening a web page in Android. I guess a commonly used method would be using Intent.ACTION_VIEW

Uri uri = Uri.parse( "http://stackoverflow.com" );
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri));

Here's a blog post explaining this

Answer 2

If you want a fully blown browser try with :

   startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://Yoururl.com")));

Have a look to ACTION_VIEW Intent.

If you want to simply display some HTML try using WebView:

WebView webview = new WebView(this);
setContentView(webview);
webview.loadUrl("http://yoururl.org/");