Sending an Intent to browser to open specific URL [duplicate]

Answer 1

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

You can use the geo URI prefix:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("geo:" + latitude + "," + longitude));
startActivity(intent);

Answer 2

From XML

In case if you have the web-address/URL displayed on your view and you want it to make it clikable and direct user to particular website You can use:

android:autoLink="web"

In same way you can use different attributes of autoLink(email, phone, map, all) to accomplish your task...

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

Sending an Intent to Browser to open specific URL:

String url = "https://www.stackoverflow.com";
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setData(Uri.parse(url)); 
startActivity(i); 

could be changed to a short code version ...

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).setData(Uri.parse("http://www.stackoverflow.com"));      
startActivity(intent); 

or

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

or even more short!

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

More info about Intent

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