Consider Chrome Custom Tabs for Web Auth

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, java
Domain
authentication, mobile-dev

Research direction

Start by tracing the SDK's web authentication flow and reviewing the linked Chrome Custom Tabs documentation. Determine how the current external-browser flow is launched and what lifecycle behavior leaves the browser open; done means evaluating or implementing an in-application authentication experience with clear behavior after successful authentication.

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Description

dropbox enhancement

Currently during the web auth flow, a user is sent to an external browser to do web auth. After a successful authentication, that browser window is left open. It could be a better UX to keep the user in the application via something like a Chrome Custom Tab https://developer.chrome.com/docs/android/custom-tabs/

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