How to launch default activity for any given uri/url

[twilight0]

I am a kodi addon developer and I believe I have skills more than average when it comes to Python. I am the sole maintainer of the AliveGR addon, the most popular greek addon around the world.

On Android I still suck... I am able to call an android activity from within Kodi with very specific intent, data uri and package name, but how can I call the default app for twitter, facebook or even a web browser?

Example:

control.execute('StartAndroidActivity("package_name","android.intent.action.VIEW","","url")')

Where package_name could be 'com.google.chrome' and url could be 'facebook.com'

Is there something "generic" package name which I can call and launch respective application?

 

[Deleted User]

This probably isn't the ideal forum to ask your question. You may get a better response if you ask on the Kodi community forums, and/or StackOverflow, if you've not already done so.
I'm not saying nobody can answer here, but this forum deals with Android application development including Java coding issues.

 

[twilight0]

Thank you. I don't think I 'll get a better response on Kodi forum, as this is completely related to Android, but you never know...
I have already asked on stackoverflow.

 

[Deleted User]

Please post the SO link here, so we don't duplicate advice.
Thanks.

 

[twilight0]

There it is:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48044272/how-to-launch-a-default-activity-based-on-a-given-uri

I am almost 100% certain that this is possible, just don't how to narrow down specific keywords to google it.