How can I request to open an URL without opening the webbrowser?

Question

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }


    public void onClick(View v) {
        mScannerView = new ZXingScannerView(this);
        setContentView(mScannerView);
        mScannerView.setResultHandler(this);
        mScannerView.startCamera();

    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
        super.onPause();
        mScannerView.stopCamera();
    }

    @Override
    public void handleResult(final Result result) {
        //Do anything with result here :D
        Log.w("handleResult", result.getText());
        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
        builder.setTitle("Scan result");
        builder.setMessage(result.getText());
        AlertDialog alertDialog = builder.create();
        alertDialog.show();


        Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(result.getText().toString()));
        startActivity(browserIntent);

            mScannerView.resumeCameraPreview(this);
    }

}

I want to directly open the URL once scanning is done and then reopen the camera. Can anyone please help me ?

Answer 1

Use a webview load the URL like below:

    webView= (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview); 
    webView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient()); 
    webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()); 

Answer 2

Try and create your own activity to handle request to open URL .

When I started learning about android and its intents I found it very confusing. But category BROWSABLE in the Manifest does the following.

The target activity can be safely invoked by the browser to display data referenced by a link — for example, an image or an e-mail message.

Read more on: http://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-filters.html

The two other answers opens the standard web browser and goes to the address specified. If you want a custom browser make the second activity like a web view like this example.