links from the browser to open my Android app

Question

I'd like to be able to start installed application, when the user clicks on a URL of a given pattern instead of allowing the browser to open it. This could be when the user is on a web page in the browser.

For example, click on a YouTube link from anywhere in the phone and you'll be given the chance to open the YouTube app, installed before

How do I achieve this for my own app?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '13 at 11:35

In Your MyLinkActivity:

String url = getIntent().getDataString();

In your manifest:

<activity
    android:name=".MyLinkActivity">
    <intent-filter>
        <data
            android:host="*.myurl.com"
            android:scheme="http" />
        <data
            android:host="myurl.com"
            android:scheme="http" />
        <data
            android:host="*.myurl.com"
            android:scheme="https" />
        <data
            android:host="myurl.com"
            android:scheme="https" />
                
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />   
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

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Didn't work for me :/ – TheOnlyAnil Jun 09 '15 at 10:06

links from the browser to open my Android app

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