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Android: Open an Activity when a custom protocol is clicked in the browser

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  1. // This is the definition of the activity in the AndroidManifest.xml file
  2. <activity android:name=".MyActivity" android:label="@string/app_name">
  3. 	<!-- open the app when a foo://www.example.com link is clicked -->
  4. 	<intent-filter>
  5. 		<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
  6. 		<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
  7. 		<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
  8. 		<data android:scheme="foo" />
  9. 	</intent-filter>
  10. </activity>
  11.  
  12. // Here's how to get the data out inside the activity itself. Put in the onCreate function
  13. Intent intent = getIntent();
  14. if (Intent.ACTION_VIEW.equals(intent.getAction())) {
  15.  Uri uri = intent.getData();
  16.  Log.i(TAG, "Started by a user clicking " + urlStr);
  17.  doSomethingWithTheUrl(uri.toString(););
  18. }

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