How do I create url preview in android?

Question

I want to show preview of any url in android when I share it (like it is shown in facebook or whatsapp). the preview must contain an image from the webpage and small description of the link. I thought of picking up information from metadata and favicon, but favicon is very small in size and metadata is not always present (for example, in Quora u don't get information about the question in the metadata). Sorry for my bad english and lack of clearity.

Answer 1

Checkout this Rich Link Preview Library which does the same you are seeking for.

You can import the library using Gradle :

Simply add the dependency to your build.gradle file:

dependencies {
    implementation 'io.github.ponnamkarthik:richlinkpreview:1.0.9'
}