At the moment, the multview function will open apps in the OTHER window. Is it possible to let it open links within the SAME window? For me, this would be useful when eg googling for a song, and opening the youtube link will open it in the same window, instead of the OTHER window whereby I might be doing other things at the same time.
Another instance, is where I what perhaps, email in the top window and my launcher at the bottom window. I want to then open youtube together, but then it opens it at the top window again, minimising the email app in the process. Afaik, having it open in the same window is more benefitial? Or do you guys have different opinions, since I can't think of any at the moment.
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Since shortcuts for web pages made on PC cannot be used to launch the browser on Android and open those web page links, is there an app which would allow you to browse files on your Android and then directly open url web page link shortcuts?
I use Opera on my PC, and Opera Mobile on the phone and have linked both using Opera Link. It syncs my history, bookmarks and passwords etc. between both devices. So if I want to open a url i found on pc, I bookmark it and its there on my phone too...
I see what you're saying - on a Windows PC internet shortcuts have a .url extension and when you click on them it opens whatever url is in that shortcut.
I don't think there is an equivalent on Android. I use bettercut which allows me to put shortcuts to browser bookmarks on a home screen or folder - I click on the shortcut and it opens that web page in browser. The website must be bookmarked in your browser however.
I tried putting URLs in a text file - clicking on the text file opens notepad and you click on the url which then opens the website. There's no direct way of clicking on an internet shortcut in a folder on Android though without using the afore mentioned methods. Maybe someone will code an app.
Yeah, if someone ever reads this in the future, pleas post if you came across anything that would allow us to browse through folders and click on url shortcuts created on PC and have them open a web page in any browser.
This has nothing to do with synchronization or previously used links.
This is about random never before seen url shortcuts that you come across inside folders which were originally created on PC and you simply want to open the web page shortcuts inside those folders *directly*.
c627627 said:
Yeah, if someone ever reads this in the future, pleas post if you came across anything that would allow us to browse through folders and click on url shortcuts created on PC and have them open a web page in any browser.
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Check this out, guys: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zapek.android.stuntzurl
Good luck!
u might use chrome to phone if youre using chrome on youre pc
if u are on android 4 download chrome browser from the market it owns a very simple sincronizing function
Although you are a correct, that was not the original question.
Thank you handfish for the link! stuntzurl application allows you to open URL links in a folder on your Android phone with a simple click.
oooh stuntzurl does not work after updating to Android 4.4 KitKat.
If anyone comes across an app that does, please post!
"Toggelis Url Opener" does what you want and it works with Android K, L, M and N.
Hi, i often use google search to search the name of apps instead of using the drawer. I've enabled the search on local phone, including app, chrome and contacts. When i type an app name, i got at first (on top) the name of the app, and when i'm going to tap on the icon, three suggestion from web appears on top, and the app goes down. The beavior is very variable, because of the presence of internet connections (in such case no suggestions) and its delay (mobile data vs. Wifi).
It's really annoying beacuse i use the search to open the app quickly, and often i click on the randomly popping-up suggestion, which open Chrome, etc.. (at the end is anything but quick).
There's a way to disable these suggestion, or use directly the phone (local) search?
Thank you.
Not really sure where to ask this so if this is the wrong place, please let me know where to go!
Is there a tool somewhere in which you can run an app in an emulator and view the actual code being processed in each interaction? For example, if the user pressing a button causes the code "refresh voicemail list" to fire, then when the button is pressed in the emulator, "refresh voicemail list" will print in a log, ideally also on the screen to watch it real-time.
My purpose in this is to figure out what an app does at certain points (hopefully the intents being sent) so I can attempt to duplicate it through a shell command. More specifically, although this tool would be useful in multiple situations, I'm looking for the intent sent when Google Voice refreshes a voicemail to get the transcript. I'm hoping to force that refresh in the background so the sqlite database updates without needing to manually open the app and refresh it. I use the sqlite database in a Tasker profile to get the transcript as a variable and unless the Google Voice app refreshes after a missed call, the transcript isn't in the database.
Any tips to point me in the right direction in this endeavor?
I have the Merriam-Webster dictionary app installed on my tablet (I love the fact that I can look up words when I'm offline.) When I'm reading on my tablet and come across a word I have to look up, I have to go through the trouble of either copying the word and pasting into the Merriam-Webster app, or typing the word. Is there a way to add Merriam-Webster to the list of apps in the "Share" list? This way, when I'm in some app, I could just select a word, then choose "Share with Merriam-Webster". Then, M-W app would open with the word's definition ready for me to read.
The problem I am trying to solve:
When I tap on links that are in emails I receive from ebay, then I can only choose in which browser will these links will open and not ebay app itself (which is what I would prefer). Sometimes, instead of a browser opening, gmail app's built-in browser uses the link which automatically transfers me to the app, but that only happens a few times and without me changing any settings (I have only tried changing the WebView Implementation setting from Developer Options (my two options there are Chrome and Android System WebView) but that did not make any difference.
What I want to do:
A possible solution that I have found is an app called Open Link in App (play store link) which, as far as I understand, can be tweaked in order to open specific type of links with specific apps. Some instructions on how this can be done can be found in Github here (this link can also be found in the app's description in play store) but I am not techy enough to follow them. I suppose that the end result after following these instructions would be a modified apk, so could someone please do that for me? If the end result is not an apk but it is still possible for someone to help, that would still be welcome.
Ebay links that are included in the emails start with
Code:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/
and somewhere in the address they include www.ebay.co.uk or www.ebay.com. Then, when they open in a browser, the address becomes
Code:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rover.ebay.com/rover/
and then just https://www.ebay.co.uk/ or https://www.ebay.com/
If you know any other way to achieve what I want, feel free to suggest it (although I have tried many things, including apps like Open Link With... and Better Open With and they did not work)
@k_o_t_s
Re-directing can be managed by editing Android's file /system/etc/hosts
For example, suppose you want to redirect your browser to www.google.com whenever someone types www.facebook.com in the browser address bar, then follows these steps :
Open hosts file.
Find out IP address of www.google.com - IP address is found out to be 74.125.53.100
Start editing at the end of the hosts file : Press Enter to start a new line.
Type 74.125.53.100, press TAB key once followed by facebook.com.
Save the hosts file.
Now whenever you (or someone else) types in your browser’s address bar www.facebook.com, he/she will be redirected to www.google.com. You can follow the same technique on any other websites.
@jwoegerbauer
Thank you for the reply. However, as far as I understand, this is in order to redirect an address to another address (that will still open in a browser). What I want to do is: whenever I tap on a link about an item within an ebay's email, I want ebay APP to open and show the listing of that item.