Open an URL in a message. - Android Network

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Open an URL in a message.

Demo Code

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import android.accounts.Account;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.provider.Browser;

public class Main {
  /**
   * Open an URL in a message.
   *
   * This is intended to mirror the operation of the original (see
   * android.webkit.CallbackProxy) with one addition of intent flags
   * "FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET". This improves behavior when
   * sublaunching other apps via embedded URI's.
   *
   * We also use this hook to catch "mailto:" links and handle them locally.
   *
   * @param activity
   *          parent activity
   * @param url
   *          URL to open
   * @param senderAccountId
   *          if the URL is mailto:, we use this account as the sender. TODO
   *          When MessageCompose implements the account selector, this won't be
   *          necessary. Pass {@link Account#NO_ACCOUNT} to use the default
   *          account.
   * @return true if the URI has successfully been opened.
   */
  public static boolean openUrlInMessage(Activity activity, String url,
      long senderAccountId) {
    // hijack mailto: uri's and handle locally
    // ***
    // if (url != null && url.toLowerCase().startsWith("mailto:")) {
    // return MessageCompose.actionCompose(activity, url, senderAccountId);
    // }

    // Handle most uri's via intent launch
    boolean result = false;
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
    intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_BROWSABLE);
    intent.putExtra(Browser.EXTRA_APPLICATION_ID, activity.getPackageName());
    intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET);
    try {
      activity.startActivity(intent);
      result = true;
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
      // No applications can handle it. Ignore.
    }
    return result;
  }
}

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