Opening browser through intent Android 2.1

If you're trying to open the Android browser through intent like this:

siteURL = Uri.parse("google.com");
Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, siteURL);
mContext.startActivity(browserIntent);

It's most definitely going to crash. When starting browser through intent, you've got to set the scheme for the url (such as http). If your url does not contain a scheme, like the example above, make use of the Uri class to build a Uri using the scheme before starting the browser, like this (a very crude code snippet, feel free to add any refinements in your comments):

siteURL = Uri.parse("google.com");
Uri.Builder builder = new Uri.Builder();
builder.scheme("http");
ssP = finalURL.getSchemeSpecificPart();
if(!ssP.startsWith("//"))
    ssP = "//" + ssP;
Uri.encode(ssP, "/");
builder.encodedAuthority(finalURL.getSchemeSpecificPart());