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There have been a few use cases mentioned in the past where we'd like to show an external web page to the user without "leaving the app." Technically this would still be shown in a separate Activity, but the user could more easily navigate "back" to where they were in the app.
It sounds like Custom Tabs will fulfill this use case adequately:
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/android/custom-tabs/integration-guide/
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | None | T291851 EPIC: Enhance Messaging Interface and Workflows for Android App | |||
| Resolved | Dbrant | T291850 Create link to in-app user feedback collection on Mediawiki (survey dialogue) | |||
| Resolved | Dbrant | T291969 Allow opening arbitrary URLs in a Custom Tab activity. |
@JTannerWMF @schoenbaechler
Here is a rough sketch of how this would work:
The user is greeted with a CTA that leads to some URL:
...and a Custom Tab activity is shown, and loads the URL:
The advantage of this approach is that the user only needs to tap the "X" at the top-left to go right back to the app.
However, here are some limitations to keep in mind:
It does, however, allow us to set custom colors for the toolbar, according to our theme:
