I'm currently testing a webapp developed with lots of jQuery animations, and we've noticed really poor performance with the built-in web browser. While testing in Chrome, the performance of the webapp is unbelievably quicker. I'm just wondering if there was any type of script that would force open a link in Chrome for Android, similar to how it's done in iOS.
A more elegant way to achieve this is to use the Intent.ACTION_VIEW
intent as normal, but add the package com.android.chrome
to the intent. This works regardless of whether Chrome is the default browser and ensures exactly the same behavior as if the user had selected Chrome from the chooser list.
String urlString = "http://mysuperwebsite";
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse(urlString));
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
intent.setPackage("com.android.chrome");
try {
context.startActivity(intent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
// Chrome browser presumably not installed so allow user to choose instead
intent.setPackage(null);
context.startActivity(intent);
}
Just in case if you want to open Amazon Default Browser in case chrome app is not installed in Amazon Kindle
String urlString = "http://mysuperwebsite";
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse(urlString));
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
intent.setPackage("com.android.chrome");
try {
context.startActivity(intent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
// Chrome browser presumably not installed and open Kindle Browser
intent.setPackage("com.amazon.cloud9");
context.startActivity(intent);
}