Getting url with Intent Android

Question

Im trying to get the URL that was clicked in order to open the app. Im just having trouble finding where I can get that information. I have a manifest which opens app when clicked. The link would be "http://host.com/file.html?param=1&param2=2" which Im trying to give to the app to handle.

 <intent-filter>
           <data android:scheme="http"
                android:host="host.com" 
                android:pathPrefix="/file.html" />
          <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
          <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
          <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
 </intent-filter>

EDIT

@Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
  {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        Intent intent = getIntent();
        Uri uri = intent.getData();
        try {
            url = new URL(uri.getScheme(), uri.getHost(), uri.getPath());
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
}

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 09 '15 at 22:04

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You should be able to get the intent data in your activity with the following:

Uri uri = this.getIntent().getData();
URL url = new URL(uri.getScheme(), uri.getHost(), uri.getPath());

answered Feb 09 '15 at 22:04

Ben Siver

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I added my current OnCreate method up top. still isn't seeming to work though. – William McCarty Feb 10 '15 at 00:34
My onCreate Method seems to be not being called, from my understanding it will be called when the system calls onCreate and it will redirect to the onCreate I made by overriding it. – William McCarty Feb 10 '15 at 18:44

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '19 at 18:33

Basically once you obtain your Uri (that is, getIntent().getData()), you can read your complete url as uri.toString(). Assuming your android:host is valid and set, you can also get actual query data by calling uri.getEncodedQuery().

Here is more details from working sample, if needed:

This is my manifest setup:

            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
                <data
                    android:host="boo.acme.com"
                    android:scheme="http" />
            </intent-filter>

This is how I read Uri:

Uri uri = this.getIntent().getData();

Assuming user clicked url "http://boo.acme.com/?ll=43.455095,44.177416", uri.toString() produces "http://boo.acme.com/?ll=43.455095,44.177416" and uri.getEncodedQuery() produces "ll=43.455095,44.177416".

Hope that helps!

Dr. Abhishek · Answer 3 · 2019-02-22T20:19:47.033

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Uri uri = this.getIntent().getData();
    try
    {
        URL url = new URL(uri.getScheme(), uri.getHost(), uri.getPath());
    }
    catch (MalformedURLException e)
    {

    }

You will have to Surround with try/catch.

edited Feb 22 '19 at 20:19

answered Feb 22 '19 at 20:09

Dr. Abhishek

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