public static Intent newOpenWebBrowserIntent(String url) {
        if (!url.startsWith("https://") && !url.startsWith("http://")) {
            url = "http://" + url;
        }
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
        return intent;
    }
public static Intent newOpenWebBrowserIntent ( String url ) { if ( ! url . startsWith ( "https://" ) && ! url . startsWith ( "http://" ) ) { url = "http://" + url ; } Intent intent = new Intent ( Intent . ACTION_VIEW , Uri . parse ( url ) ) ; return intent ; }
Creates an intent that will launch a browser (most probably as other apps may handle specific URLs, e.g. YouTube)
to view the provided URL.

@param url the URL to open
@return the intent