Little script for Unity3D to open URL in a default external browser

Question

my question is for Unity3D developers.

I have a project in Unity almost finished, now i need to setup some objects to open URL (www) links to a web browser. I need a script that i can attach to any gameobject to open any URL.

I really appreciate your help. Will be nice if this script can work in all platforms. thanks.

Answer 1

Use Application.OpenUrl I believe it works on all devices even though it only mentions editor and PC in the description. Make sure your url has http:// in it or it wont work. A common mistake.

http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application.OpenURL.html

If you want to be able to type the url in in unity you can make this small modification, this also does it on click on a game object like you wanted.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour {

    public string url;
    void OnMouseOver() {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) ||  if(Input.touchCount >  0))
            Application.OpenURL(url);
    }
}