Intercepting links from the browser to open my Android app

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I'd like to be able to prompt my app to open a link when user clicks on an URL of a given pattern instead of allowing the browser to open it. This could be when the user is on a web page in the browser or in an email client or within a WebView in a freshly-minted app.

For example, click on a YouTube link from anywhere in the phone and you'll be given the chance to open the YouTube app.

How do I achieve this for my own app?

url-interception intentfilter android-intent android
3 Answers
private class MyWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
    @Override
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
        setUrlparams(url);

        if (url.indexOf("pattern") != -1) {
            // do something
            return false;
        } else {
            view.loadUrl(url);
        }

        return true;
    }

}
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