title: Open an url in android browser, avoid multiple tabs
body: <p>My project is mostly a web application. Now I have an android app with a home screen widget and would like to open a web page in the built-in browser on some user actions. That is easy. In MyAppWidgetProvider.onUpdate I create a new intent:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Intent intent = new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW", 
      Uri.parse("http://my.example.com/"));
  PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intent, 0);
  views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.text, pendingIntent);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, a new browser window/tab is opened every time the user clicks the widget. My page contains some fancy AJAX/javascript running in the background and regularly sending http requests. So I end up having 8 tabs containing the same page and continuously sending 8-fold amount of http requests.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way, e.g. different action or additional parameters to avoid opening new tabs?</p>
  
  <p>As a workaround I am now thinking about creating a new activity containing a WebView, but would like to avoid this complexity.</p>