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Level 1.5: Cupcake
July 10, 2023
Question

Persistent preferred activity

  • July 10, 2023
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I have implemented a function in my Android app to set Brave browser as the default browser using the provided code snippet. However, when I click on a link, it still opens in Chrome instead of Brave. Could you please review the code snippet below and let me know if there's anything I am doing wrong?

 

private fun setBraveAsDefaultBrowser() {
val filter = IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
filter.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_BROWSABLE)
filter.addDataScheme("http")
filter.addDataScheme("https")

val defaultBrowser: ComponentName = packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.brave.browser")?.component ?: return

dpm.addPersistentPreferredActivity(
AdminReceiver.componentName,
filter,
defaultBrowser
)
}

I have used addPersistentPreferredActivity()

2 replies

Level 4.4: KitKat
July 10, 2023

Are you talking about a "normal" app or an admin (like MDM) app where it's set as device admin app on the device itself?

SohailAuthor
Level 1.5: Cupcake
July 10, 2023

I am talking about an MDM app and Yes, the app is set as device admin app on the device itself. It uses DevicePolicyManager to enforce the restrictions. @Moombas 

SohailAuthor
Level 1.5: Cupcake
July 10, 2023

Yes, the app is set as device admin app on the device itself. It uses DevicePolicyManager to enforce the restrictions.

Level 4.4: KitKat
July 18, 2023

Sorry, i took a look into that last week but haven't found anything related which could help you.

Sorry. Maybe someone else a bit more confident with this topic may be able to help you.