Added in API level 1

Browser

open class Browser
kotlin.Any
   ↳ android.provider.Browser

Summary

Constants
static String

The name of the extra data when starting the Browser from another application.

static String

Boolean extra passed along with an Intent to a browser, specifying that a new tab be created.

static String

The name of the extra data in the VIEW intent.

static String

The name of extra data when starting Browser with ACTION_VIEW or ACTION_SEARCH intent.

Public constructors

Public methods
static Unit
sendString(context: Context!, string: String!)

Sends the given string using an Intent with Intent#ACTION_SEND and a mime type of text/plain.

Constants

EXTRA_APPLICATION_ID

Added in API level 3
static val EXTRA_APPLICATION_ID: String

The name of the extra data when starting the Browser from another application.

The value is a unique identification string that will be used to identify the calling application. The Browser will attempt to reuse the same window each time the application launches the Browser with the same identifier.

Value: "com.android.browser.application_id"

EXTRA_CREATE_NEW_TAB

Added in API level 12
static val EXTRA_CREATE_NEW_TAB: String

Boolean extra passed along with an Intent to a browser, specifying that a new tab be created. Overrides EXTRA_APPLICATION_ID; if both are set, a new tab will be used, rather than using the same one.

Value: "create_new_tab"

EXTRA_HEADERS

Added in API level 8
static val EXTRA_HEADERS: String

The name of the extra data in the VIEW intent. The data are key/value pairs in the format of Bundle. They will be sent in the HTTP request headers for the provided url. The keys can't be the standard HTTP headers as they are set by the WebView. The url's schema must be http(s).

Value: "com.android.browser.headers"

INITIAL_ZOOM_LEVEL

Added in API level 1
static val INITIAL_ZOOM_LEVEL: String

The name of extra data when starting Browser with ACTION_VIEW or ACTION_SEARCH intent.

The value should be an integer between 0 and 1000. If not set or set to 0, the Browser will use default. If set to 100, the Browser will start with 100%.

Value: "browser.initialZoomLevel"

Public constructors

Browser

Browser()

Public methods

sendString

Added in API level 1
static fun sendString(
    context: Context!,
    string: String!
): Unit

Sends the given string using an Intent with Intent#ACTION_SEND and a mime type of text/plain. The string is put into Intent#EXTRA_TEXT.

Parameters
context Context!: the context used to start the activity
string String!: the string to send