Android Activity with a custom protocol

Activity.java

// In the onCreate()

Intent intent = getIntent();
if (Intent.ACTION_VIEW.equals(intent.getAction())) {
 Uri uri = intent.getData();
 Log.i(TAG, "Started by a user clicking " + urlStr);
 doSomethingWithTheUrl(uri.toString(););
}

AndroidManifest.xml

<activity android:name=".MyActivity" android:label="@string/app_name">
  <!-- open the app when a foo://www.example.com link is clicked -->
	<intent-filter>
		<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
		<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
		<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
		<data android:scheme="foo" />
	</intent-filter>
</activity>