Open Chrome App with URL Open Chrome App with URL android android

Open Chrome App with URL


Yes, but if it's not installed on the system you'll run into an ActivityNotFoundException. If it's not available, you should launch through the normal browser:

String url = "http://mysuperwebsite";try {    Intent i = new Intent("android.intent.action.MAIN");    i.setComponent(ComponentName.unflattenFromString("com.android.chrome/com.android.chrome.Main"));    i.addCategory("android.intent.category.LAUNCHER");    i.setData(Uri.parse(url));    startActivity(i);}catch(ActivityNotFoundException e) {    // Chrome is not installed    Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));    startActivity(i);}


Here is a solution without a try catch, if chrome is installed, it will be used. Otherwise, it will go to the device default

void open(Activity activity, String url) {    Uri uri = Uri.parse("googlechrome://navigate?url=" + url);    Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);    if (i.resolveActivity(activity.getPackageManager()) == null) {        i.setData(Uri.parse(url));    }    activity.startActivity(i);}


The best thing is to detect the user browser

alert(navigator.userAgent);

and depending on a conditional statement

if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('foo')) { // code logic}

and based on that use BOM API to update window location

window.location.href = 'googlechrome://navigate?url='+ link;