I'm pretty new to Android development and building a simple demo app to try out the Android custom tabs functionality. Yet somehow when I launched the app and tested it on the virtual device, I still see the URL is launched with webView instead of custom tabs. Am I missing something? Thanks so much!
*the reason I'm trying is to bypass the facebook/Google login restriction nowadays on webview
my build.gradle
:
plugins {
id 'com.android.application'
}
android {
compileSdkVersion 30
buildToolsVersion "30.0.0"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.helloworld"
minSdkVersion 16
targetSdkVersion 30
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
}
dependencies {
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.2.1'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.1'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.+'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0'
implementation "androidx.browser:browser:1.3.0"
}
My MainActivity.java:
package com.example.helloworld;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import androidx.browser.customtabs.CustomTabsIntent;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button loginBtn = findViewById(R.id.login);
loginBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
String loginUrl = "https://google.com";
CustomTabsIntent.Builder builder = new CustomTabsIntent.Builder();
CustomTabsIntent customTabsIntent = builder.build();
customTabsIntent.intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
customTabsIntent.launchUrl(getApplicationContext(), Uri.parse(loginUrl));
}
});
}
}
User needs to have a browser app installed. Most browsers these days do support CustomTabs.
If there is not browser installed or the installed browser does not support CustomTabs, CustomTabs opens the URL in WebView.