Question

Ok,I’m creating an application that has a menu, and there are three menu items on is about one is to go to a webpage and one to exit the application.
The exit and about work fine but the webpage menuitem doesnt work, it force closes here is my code for the menus:

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu){
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
    return true;
}

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item){
    switch (item.getItemId()){
    case R.id.about:
        startActivity(new Intent("com.example.ABOUT"));
        return true;

    case R.id.facebook:
        Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("www.facebook.com"));
        startActivity(browserIntent);

        return true;




    }
    return false;
}

Could someone tell me whats wrong?

Answer 1

use like this

Uri uri = Uri.parse( "https://www.google.co.in" );
startActivity( new Intent( Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri ) );