In android, How can I force open a URI using a specific browser, without popping up the 'choose browser' list?

Question

I have multiple browsers on my android device. I can use the following code to open a URI using the default android browser:

    String packageName = "com.android.browser";  
    String className = "com.android.browser.BrowserActivity";  
    Intent internetIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); 
    internetIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);  
    internetIntent.setClassName(packageName, className);  
    startActivity(internetIntent); 

How can I accomplish the same using a specified browser that is installed on my device, say Opera.

Thanks very much.

Answer 1

you need to set packageName and className to the package and class names of the browser activity.

For example, for Opera Mini, you need to do the following:

String packageName = "com.opera.mini.android";
String className = "com.opera.mini.android.Browser";
Intent internetIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
internetIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
internetIntent.setClassName(packageName, className);
startActivity(internetIntent);

For other browsers, you can find the package and class name by doing the following:

• connect android phone to pc
• open Android Logcat
• launch the browser from the mobile phone

In Android Logcat, you will see something like this:

07-22 14:06:14.662: INFO/ActivityManager(148): Starting activity: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10200000 cmp=com.opera.mini.android/.Browser }

The class name will be shown in the 'cmp' attribute: cmp=com.opera.mini.android/.Browser

In this case, the package name is com.opera.mini.android and the class name is com.opera.mini.android.Browser.