Introduction

• For merchants developing Android apps that need to integrate Google Pay.
• Chrome Custom Tabs is a lightweight solution that uses the Chrome browser within the APP which providing a better user experience.
• It can open the payment page and trigger payment operations through JavaScript interaction.
• This resolves compatibility problems encountered by all shell applications.

Usage Guide

1. The Androidx.browser:browser dependency includes the CustomTabsIntent and CustomTabsIntent.Builder classes.
2. By creating a CustomTabsIntent object, you can define the display behavior of Chrome Custom Tabs, such as colors and animations.
3. Finally, use customTabsIntent.launchUrl to open the specified link.

Code example:

  // Create a Chrome Custom Tabs builder
   val builder = CustomTabsIntent.Builder()
   // Define the display behavior of Chrome Custom Tabs
   val customTabsIntent = builder.build()
   // Open the link
   customTabsIntent.launchUrl(this, Uri.parse(url))