Android intent to open user's preferred browser

Question

I\'ve been trying to find out how to create an intent that will open the user\'s preferred browser without specifying the URL. I know how to open it by giving a specific URL

Answer 1

This is a late answer, but looks like this functionality is available in API 15:

  Intent browser = Intent.makeMainSelectorActivity(
         Intent.ACTION_VIEW, 
         Intent.CATEGORY_APP_BROWSER);

  startActivity(browser);

Docs for makeMainSelectorActivity