How to list all Browsers installed on Android?

Question

How do I list/check all browsers installed on an Android device via Java?

Answer 1

It is impossible to know/determine which applications are of the Browser type, for the simple reason that there is no identifier informing this for Android. It is also very risky for you to search all the Packages you own browser for example.

A suggestion is that, you can list, for example, which Activity'can’t open a certain Intent with a URL:

PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("http://www.google.com"));
List<ResolveInfo> list = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(intent,
        PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
        for (ResolveInfo info : list) {
            String name = info.name;
        }