Web browser by Action View

Today I am going to share the code for open web browser by action view in android.
In this article we will create an application which will open a user input website in a web browser. In order to open a web browser, we will create an intent object with ACTION_VIEW as action and data with “http” in the url. Since http request is invoked by the external browser, no explicit permission is needed for this application.

activity_main.xml

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<linearlayout android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">        <edittext android:hint="@string/hnt_te_url" android:id="@+id/te_url" android:inputtype="text" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent">        <button android:id="@+id/btn_browse" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:text="@string/lbl_btn_browse"> </button></edittext></linearlayout>

MainActivity.java

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package com.sunil.browserview;   import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnClickListener; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.EditText;   public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener{           @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);                   Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_browse);         btn.setOnClickListener(this);     }             @Override             public void onClick(View v) {                 EditText txt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.te_url);                           Intent intent = new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW");                               Uri data = Uri.parse("http://"+txt.getText().toString());                               intent.setData(data);                           startActivity(intent);                   } }