Webview App as default browser

Question

Hey I have made a browser app for android, but now I need to give the user a change to set my browser as default.

EDIT: I have tried to use this code in my manifest but with nu luck

<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"></action>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"></category>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"></category>
</intent-filter>

But with no luck

register your app as a listener to url sharing events like explained here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8624315/make-android-app-listen-to-shared-links — Rotem, May 20 '13 at 13:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '13 at 13:13

Try to add following XML to your main activity to make your app a candidate for intent sent by other apps that look for loading a page into the browser with startActivity(new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW", Uri.parse("http://....")));

<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"></action>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"></category>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"></category>
</intent-filter>

can still not make it as my default browser – Thor1401 May 24 '13 at 12:09 — Thor1401, May 24 '13 at 12:09

Webview App as default browser

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