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+// Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  runApp(new GestureDetector(
+    onTap: () {
+      Intent intent = new Intent()
+        ..action = 'android.intent.action.VIEW'
+        ..url = 'http://flutter.io/';
+      activity.startActivity(intent);
+    },
+    child: new Container(
+      decoration: const BoxDecoration(
+        backgroundColor: const Color(0xFF006600)
+      ),
+      child: new Center(
+        child: new Text('Tap to launch a URL!')
+      )
+    )
+  ));
+}