Android - No Activity found to handle HTTPS CustomTabsIntent

Question

I have an app in production and some users get a weird ActivityNotFoundException about a VIEW https intent. I cannot reproduce it locally on my physical device or emulator. I also assume that every Android has a browser to open URLs by default, am I wrong? (None of the devices that encounter the bug is rooted). Could the problem be because the phone doesn't have chrome?

I use CustomTabsIntent to open the URLs:

public static void openUrl(final Uri url, final Activity activity) {
        CustomTabsIntent.Builder builder = new CustomTabsIntent.Builder();
        builder.setToolbarColor(ContextCompat.getColor(activity, R.color.denis_red));
        builder.setCloseButtonIcon(
                BitmapFactory.decodeResource(activity.getResources(),
                        R.drawable.ic_arrow_back_white_24dp));
        builder.setStartAnimations(activity, R.anim.activity_slide_in_right,
                R.anim.activity_slide_out_left);
        builder.setExitAnimations(activity, R.anim.activity_slide_in_left,
                R.anim.activity_slide_out_right);
        builder.build().launchUrl(activity, url);
    }

I add some of the stack traces if it can help. Thanks!

1:

android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=https://redirect.denis.de/... (has extras) }
    at android.app.Instrumentation.checkStartActivityResult(Instrumentation.java:2031)
    at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1686)
    at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:4506)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.startActivityForResult(FragmentActivity.java:767)
    at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4825)
    at android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.startActivity(ContextCompat.java:248)
    at android.support.customtabs.CustomTabsIntent.launchUrl(CustomTabsIntent.java:263)
    at de.boxine.denisapp.util.web.ChromeTabUtil.openUrl(ChromeTabUtil.java:26)
    at de.boxine.denisapp.denis.list.DenisListActivity.onOptionsItemSelected(DenisListActivity.java:82)
    at android.app.Activity.onMenuItemSelected(Activity.java:3469)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onMenuItemSelected(FragmentActivity.java:436)
    at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.onMenuItemSelected(AppCompatActivity.java:196)
    at android.support.v7.view.WindowCallbackWrapper.onMenuItemSelected(WindowCallbackWrapper.java:109)
    at android.support.v7.view.WindowCallbackWrapper.onMenuItemSelected(WindowCallbackWrapper.java:109)
    at android.support.v7.app.ToolbarActionBar$2.onMenuItemClick(ToolbarActionBar.java:64)
    at android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar$1.onMenuItemClick(Toolbar.java:204)
    at android.support.v7.widget.ActionMenuView$MenuBuilderCallback.onMenuItemSelected(ActionMenuView.java:781)
    at android.support.v7.view.menu.MenuBuilder.dispatchMenuItemSelected(MenuBuilder.java:840)
    at android.support.v7.view.menu.MenuItemImpl.invoke(MenuItemImpl.java:158)
    at android.support.v7.view.menu.MenuBuilder.performItemAction(MenuBuilder.java:991)
    at android.support.v7.view.menu.MenuPopup.onItemClick(MenuPopup.java:128)
    at android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:318)
    at android.widget.AbsListView.performItemClick(AbsListView.java:1158)
    at android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:3153)
    at android.widget.AbsListView$3.run(AbsListView.java:4068)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:790)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6626)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:438)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:811)

2:

android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=https://redirect.denis.de/... (has extras) }
    at android.app.Instrumentation.checkStartActivityResult(Instrumentation.java:1981)
    at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1636)
    at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:4762)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.startActivityForResult(FragmentActivity.java:767)
    at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:5119)
    at android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.startActivity(ContextCompat.java:248)
    at android.support.customtabs.CustomTabsIntent.launchUrl(CustomTabsIntent.java:263)
    at de.boxine.denisapp.util.web.ChromeTabUtil.openUrl(ChromeTabUtil.java:26)
    at de.boxine.denisapp.login.LoginActivity.openUrl(LoginActivity.java:205)
    at de.boxine.denisapp.login.LoginPresenter.onPasswordForgetLinkClicked(LoginPresenter.java:93)
    at de.boxine.denisapp.login.LoginActivity.lambda$onCreate$2$LoginActivity(LoginActivity.java:153)
    at de.boxine.denisapp.login.-$$Lambda$LoginActivity$HDjhvwi_2M2aWu9LndZHRP-ar9Q.onClick
    at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:6291)
    at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:24931)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:808)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:101)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:166)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7529)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
    at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:245)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:921)

Answer 1

It seems that feature is NOT supported by all browsers on Android. Perhaps this is what is causing the issue.

From the Chrome developer docs (https://developer.chrome.com/docs/android/custom-tabs/): Custom Tabs is a browser feature, introduced by Chrome, that is now supported by most major browsers on Android.

So you need to first check if there is a browser app available to you that supports CustomTabsIntent. This question has several answers that show you how to do that. How can I check whether Chrome supports Chrome custom tabs?

Answer 2

String myUrl = "google.com";

if (!myUrl .startsWith("http://") && !myUrl .startsWith("https://")){
myUrl = "http://" + myUrl ;
}

Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(myUrl ));
startActivity(browserIntent);

make sure the url you are trying to open starts with http or https

Answer 3

I found the solution for my own problem, before using CustomTabsIntent you should check if there is an app to handle it. If there is not you can then use a simple VIEW intent with the URL.

Here is the method to check if CustomTabsIntent is supported :

public static boolean isCustomTabSupported(Context context, Uri url) {
    return getCustomTabsPackages(context, url).size() > 0;
}

/**
 * Returns a list of packages that support Custom Tabs.
 */
public static ArrayList getCustomTabsPackages(Context context, Uri url) {
    PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
    // Get default VIEW intent handler.
    Intent activityIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, url);

    // Get all apps that can handle VIEW intents.
    List<ResolveInfo> resolvedActivityList = pm.queryIntentActivities(activityIntent, 0);
    ArrayList packagesSupportingCustomTabs = new ArrayList<>();
    for (ResolveInfo info : resolvedActivityList) {
        Intent serviceIntent = new Intent();
        serviceIntent.setAction(ACTION_CUSTOM_TABS_CONNECTION);
        serviceIntent.setPackage(info.activityInfo.packageName);
        // Check if this package also resolves the Custom Tabs service.
        if (pm.resolveService(serviceIntent, 0) != null) {
            packagesSupportingCustomTabs.add(info);
        }
    }
    return packagesSupportingCustomTabs;
}

(src: https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/customtabs#bestpractices)