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I need to open a Custom Chrome tab that brings the user to my website, and then redirects the user back to the app. Its similar to launching a page for OAuth.
Here is what the Android side looks like...
AndroidManifest.xml (adds intent filter to activity for listening to URI)
<activity android:name=".app.MyActivity"
android:label="@string/title"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
android:launchMode="singleTask"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="mytest" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Activity.java (launches custom chrome tab)
private void goToSite() {
CustomTabsIntent.Builder intentBuilder = new CustomTabsIntent.Builder();
int toolbarColor = getResources().getColor(R.color.primary);
intentBuilder.setToolbarColor(toolbarColor);vice_key(), shared().getAccessToken());
intentBuilder.build().launchUrl(this, Uri.parse("https://example.com/some-page"));
}
On my server, the user completes a form and is eventually brought to a page that is supposed to redirect them back into the app...
server.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Redirecting...</title>
<script>
var redirectToApp = function() {
setTimeout(function appNotInstalled() {
window.location.replace("http://example.com/app-not-installed");
}, 100);
window.location.replace("mytest://justanexample");
};
window.onload = redirectToApp;
</script>
</head>
<body></body>
</html>
But I am not being redirected to the app. I suspect something is wrong with my server code because a similar setup (the manifest and activity code) works when dealing with OAuth pages. What is wrong with my server code? How can I troubleshoot this?
EDIT
The Android side appears to be correct - Changing the server code to <a href="mytest://other/parameters/here">GO TO APP</a> appears to work but I need a way that does not involve clicking a link
EDIT 2
The code above actually works :/
Because I was in a Chrome custom tab I was redirecting to the page I was already at (because the Chroms custom tab activity is considered to be in-app). This made me think no redirect was occurring. Tristan's comment helped me realize this
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You can simply use Javascript as explained in This answer.
Basically you'll be making a link with an
<a href="intent://example.com#Intent;scheme=http;package=com.example.mypackage;end">
in which package = your package name
For more information, see this question Open android application from a web page
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