Intent.createChooser for ACTION_VIEW shows default browser only

Question

I am trying to show a app chooser dialog using Intent.createChooser, that will list all available web browsers in user's phone. I'm using the code below:

        Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        browserIntent.setData(Uri.parse(category));
        // Create and start the chooser
        Intent chooser = Intent.createChooser(browserIntent, "Open with...");

        pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(helperMethodContext, 0, chooser, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

        Log.d("HelperMethods: ", "video chat url: " + category);

I am testing this on android 6. My phone has 3 browsers, default browser, chrome and firefox. When i run it and click on the link(the notification), app chooser dialog opens but only shows default browser. It doesn't show chrome or firefox.

I have checked default apps settings in my phone and there is no default browser. When i click default browser it opens with an app chooser dialog showing all the browser apps i have installed on my phone.

Pls can someone tell me where am i going wrong.

@JaydeepPatel i don't want to open default browser when the link is clicked. I want to show the app chooser dialog with a list of all the installed browsers — sissyphus_69
this might be helps you: stackoverflow.com/questions/2201917/… — Jaydeep Devda
@JaydeepPatel I don't have default browser set in default apps settings. pls read the question completely. — sissyphus_69

Djek-Grif Djek-Grif · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-03T11:29:18

There is so important what type of uri do you have. Is it http, https or other scheme. In your case it's Uri.parse(category). For example firefox can handle scheme like: http, https, file, about, javascript, package. And also data with mimeType: text/html, text/plain and application/xhtml+xml.

Intent.createChooser for ACTION_VIEW shows default browser only

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