Open a third party app to view a webpage using implicit Intent.
private void openWebPage(String url) {
/*
* We wanted to demonstrate the Uri.parse method because its usage occurs frequently. You
* could have just as easily passed in a Uri as the parameter of this method.
*/
Uri webpage = Uri.parse(url);
/*
* Here, we create the Intent with the action of ACTION_VIEW. This action allows the user
* to view particular content. In this case, our webpage URL.
*/
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, webpage);
/*
* This is a check we perform with every implicit Intent that we launch. In some cases,
* the device where this code is running might not have an Activity to perform the action
* with the data we've specified. Without this check, in those cases your app would crash.
*/
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
}
}