Starting a browser from a textbox via Intent - Is http:// required?
- by VitalyB
Hi, I have the following code:
/** Open a browser on the URL specified in the text box */
private void openBrowser() {
Uri uri = Uri.parse(urlText.getText().toString());
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(intent);
}
When I input "http://www.google.com" to the textbox, it works fine. However, when I try something like "www.google.com" it crashes with:
No Activity found to handle Intent {
act=android.intent.action.VIEW
dat=www.google.com }
Am I using Uri wrong? Is there a way to extract full address from it? Or am I supposed to write code that adds http manually? e.g, if not starts with http://, add http://.
Thanks!
