How to open the default android browser without specifying an URL?

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I'm loosing my mind over this. I want to open the user's default web browser. I can use this:

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

To open the browser and send the user to that URL. But I don't want to send him to a specific URL, I just want to open the browser. I'm sure it's a simple solution, I just can't find it. Any Ideas?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 15 '11 at 08:28

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To just open the browser without any URL opened you can use

startActivity( new Intent( Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("about:blank")));

answered Sep 15 '11 at 08:28

DonGru

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Yeah that's good but the problem with that is that... for example in a browser like Dolphin it opens a blank page. I would like it to open the default SpeedDial page – Taranasus Sep 15 '11 at 08:30
ah okay, I see the point - you should probably add that to your question, that makes things clearer – DonGru Sep 15 '11 at 10:26

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 06 '13 at 06:20

After a bunch of searching, I was able to do this:

PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
Intent queryIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://www.google.com"));
ActivityInfo af = queryIntent.resolveActivityInfo(pm, 0);
Intent launchIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
launchIntent.setClassName(af.packageName, af.name);
startActivity(launchIntent);

It basically says "What application would handle this?". Then it grabs that applications package and class name then fires an intent for the main action.

How to open the default android browser without specifying an URL?

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