How to start and App Chooser

Question

The task of this application is to implicitly activate a separate application to view the URL, “http:// www.google.com”. So, App Chooser should appear and let me choose betw

Answer 1

Seriously, you have a GUI editor for manifest.

This

<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<data android:scheme="http" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

should placed in <intent-filter> tag, as you already can see in your manifest. Like this:

<activity
    android:name=".MyBrowserActivity"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >

    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>

        <!-- TODO - Add necessary intent filter information so that this
                        Activity will accept Intents with the 
                        action "android.intent.action.VIEW" and with an "http" 
                        schemed URL -->
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
        <data android:scheme="http" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
    </intent-filter>

</activity>

---

That is how it done in default browser:

        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
            <data android:scheme="http" />
            <data android:scheme="https" />
            <data android:scheme="about" />
            <data android:scheme="javascript" />
        </intent-filter>
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <data android:scheme="http" />
            <data android:scheme="https" />
            <data android:scheme="inline" />
            <data android:scheme="file" />
            <data android:mimeType="text/html" />
            <data android:mimeType="text/plain" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/xhtml+xml" />
            <data android:mimeType="application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml" />
        </intent-filter>

Answer 2

Here's how I am doing:

Step 1: First in the strings,

<string name="webklink">&lt;a href="http://www.google.com">SomeLink&lt;/a></string>

Step 2: My Layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:text="@string/webklink"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

</RelativeLayout>

Step 3: Getting the link from the strings.

public class OpenWeb extends Activity {


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.webopen);

        TextView someLink = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
        if(someLink!=null){

            someLink.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
            someLink.setText(Html.fromHtml(getResources().getString(R.string.webklink)));
        }

    }
}

Hope this helps..:)

Answer 3

Easy implementation of multiple actions app chooser:

Intent phoneCall = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, Uri.fromParts("tel", contactNumber, null));
// Intent sms = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("sms:" + contactNumber));
Intent whatsapp = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("smsto:" + contactNumber));
Uri.Builder builder = CalendarContract.CONTENT_URI.buildUpon();
builder.appendPath("time");
ContentUris.appendId(builder, Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis());
Intent calendarIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).setData(builder.build());

Intent chooser = Intent.createChooser(whatsapp, "chooser??"); // default action
chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, new Intent[]{phoneCall, calendarIntent}); // additional actions
startActivity(chooser);

Answer 4

You have to run lab3a_MyBrowser before you run lab3a_IntentsLab, so that the browser gets installed on your phone. Then it will be visible to your chooser.

Answer 5

Seems like the Adam Porter's Third Week Assignment of Programming mobile Application for Android HandHeld systems. Anyway, I hope you have your solution inside the AndroidManifest.xml you would need to add three more intent filters.

<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:scheme="http" />

Further, if you were not able to run the AndroidUnit tests,

make sure you have done something similar to this in the ActionListener of the implicit button call.

Intent baseIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        baseIntent.setData(Uri.parse(URL));

Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(baseIntent, "Select Application");

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