How to open any other App or website from your app?

Intent can be used to open urls or other apps from android app.

To open URLs from app

1. In order to link to a url from your app, which means on clicking a button or on any other event the url opens in default browser in mobile, first add an intent component in LOGIC area of Sketchware project.

2. Next, on button click event, add following blocks:
Intent setAction ACTION_VIEW,
Intent setData URL of website to be opened
StartActivity Intent

To open other apps in mobile from app

1. Other apps in mobile can be opened using the package name of those apps. If the app is not installed on mobile, then it will not open. Below is an example to open Snapseed photo editor app from a Sketchware app.

2. In order to open other apps directly on button click, add an intent component as shown above.

3. Next, on button click event, add following blocks:
Intent setAction ACTION_VIEW,
Intent setData android-app://com.niksoftware.snapseed(package name of the app)
StartActivity Intent

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