fix: adopt withAuthTab() to fix spurious USER_CANCELLED on Android - #1647
fix: adopt withAuthTab() to fix spurious USER_CANCELLED on Android#1647NandanPrabhu wants to merge 1 commit into
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAndroid authentication and logout flows now use Auth Tab by default. Documentation describes the Android behavior and Trusted Web Activity interaction. ChangesAndroid Auth Tab behavior
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Fixes #1584. Chrome 122+ shows a minimize button in Custom Tabs. When users tap it, the flow incorrectly infers cancellation and rejects with USER_CANCELLED while the browser stays alive, dropping the redirect when login completes. Auth0.Android v4's withAuthTab() delivers a real ActivityResult instead of inferring cancellation from lifecycle, fixing this issue. Changes: - Add withAuthTab() to webAuth() and webAuthLogout() in A0Auth0Module - Update MIGRATION_GUIDE.md with behavioral change documentation - Update EXAMPLES.md to explain Auth Tab and its relationship to TWA - No public API changes; purely internal Android implementation
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In `@EXAMPLES.md`:
- Line 2786: Update the Android authentication documentation note to state that
enabling useTrustedWebActivity: true selects TWA instead of Auth Tab, while Auth
Tab applies only to regular Custom Tab launches; remove the claim that TWA uses
Auth Tab internally.
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| > **Note:** Since v6, Android web authentication uses **Auth Tab** by default — a Custom Tab launch mode that delivers proper `ActivityResult` callbacks instead of inferring cancellation from lifecycle events. This fixes the spurious `USER_CANCELLED` error when users tap Chrome's minimize button (Chrome 122+). Trusted Web Activity and Auth Tab are independent; TWA is opt-in and renders full-screen with no URL bar, while Auth Tab is the default launch mode for regular Custom Tabs. Both can be used together by enabling `useTrustedWebActivity: true` — the TWA flow will use Auth Tab internally. |
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Correct the TWA and Auth Tab interaction.
When useTrustedWebActivity: true is enabled, TWA takes precedence and Auth Tab is not used. Auth Tab applies to regular Custom Tab launches.
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In `@EXAMPLES.md` at line 2786, Update the Android authentication documentation
note to state that enabling useTrustedWebActivity: true selects TWA instead of
Auth Tab, while Auth Tab applies only to regular Custom Tab launches; remove the
claim that TWA uses Auth Tab internally.
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Auth Tab works only in the newer versions of the browser . On older version we default to the custom chrome tabs . So some users might still see this issue .
Both can be used together by enabling `useTrustedWebActivity: true` — the TWA flow will use Auth Tab internally.
Was this behaviour verified manually.
note in the Auth0.Android SDK
- Note: [withAuthTab] and [withTrustedWebActivity] are mutually exclusive. If both are set,
* TWA takes precedence and Auth Tab will not be used. They rely on different underlying
* launch mechanisms and cannot be combined.
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Changes
Android web authentication now launches through Auth0.Android's Auth Tab launch mode (
withAuthTab()) instead of the plain Chrome Custom Tab, for both login and logout.android/.../A0Auth0Module.ktwebAuth()— login builder now callswithAuthTab()webAuthLogout()— logout builder now callswithAuthTab()Why: On Chrome 122+, tapping the Custom Tab's minimize button returned control to the host app while the browser stayed alive. The old lifecycle-based detection misread that resume as a user cancellation and rejected
authorize()/clearSession()withUSER_CANCELLED, even though the user could still complete the flow. Auth Tab delivers a realActivityResult, so cancellation is reported only on genuine cancel (back button / close), eliminating the spurious error.This is default-on (no configuration flag) — appropriate for the v6 major. It's a purely internal Android implementation change with no public API impact. Documented in
MIGRATION_GUIDE.md(§9) andEXAMPLES.md.References
authorize()withUSER_CANCELLEDwhile the browser stays alive (zombie session) #1584Testing
Verified on a physical device (Samsung Galaxy A06, Chrome 151) running the example app:
CustomTabsController: Launching URI as Auth Tab. Session available: trueManual acceptance checks for reviewers:
Start
authorize(), background the app mid-flow, return and complete login → resolves with credentials, noUSER_CANCELLED.Start
authorize(), tap close (✕) → rejects withUSER_CANCELLED(genuine cancel still works).Repeat for
clearSession()(logout).This change adds unit test coverage
This change has been tested on the latest version of the platform/language or why not — verified on-device (Galaxy A06, Chrome 151); native behavior isn't covered by the JS unit suite.
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USER_CANCELLEDerrors when users minimize Chrome during authentication.Documentation