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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion EXAMPLES.md
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</details>


> [!NOTE]
> Ephemeral browsing is not supported with Trusted Web Activity. When `withTrustedWebActivity()` is used, `withEphemeralBrowsing()` has no effect and the flow launches as a Trusted Web Activity using the browser's normal (non-isolated) session. This is a platform limitation — a TWA shares the user's browser profile by design, so it cannot run in an isolated ephemeral session.

## Auth Tab


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|---|---|
| `withToolbarColor()` | ✅ Applied to the Auth Tab toolbar |
| `showTitle()` | ❌ Ignored — Auth Tab has no title-visibility option |
| `withEphemeralBrowsing()` | ❌ Ignored — Auth Tab does not support ephemeral sessions. Use a regular Custom Tab if session isolation is required |
| `withEphemeralBrowsing()` | ✅ Honored — the Auth Tab runs in an isolated ephemeral session when the browser supports it (requires Chrome 136+ or a compatible browser); otherwise a warning is logged and it falls back to a regular Auth Tab |

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add Kotlin and Java examples for ephemeral Auth Tab.

Line 409 documents the new Auth Tab behavior. Add examples that combine withAuthTab() and withEphemeralBrowsing() in both languages. The existing separate examples do not show the required option combination.

As per coding guidelines, “Document public API and behavior changes: update EXAMPLES.md with Kotlin and Java usage.”

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In `@EXAMPLES.md` at line 409, Add Kotlin and Java usage examples combining
withAuthTab() and withEphemeralBrowsing() in EXAMPLES.md, alongside the existing
Auth Tab examples. Show the required option combination without altering the
documented behavior description or unrelated examples.

Source: Coding guidelines

| `withInitialHeight()` / `withInitialWidth()` | ❌ Ignored — Auth Tab is always full-screen |
| `withToolbarCornerRadius()` | ❌ Ignored |
| `withSideSheetBreakpoint()` | ❌ Ignored |
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@SuppressLint("ResourceType")
AuthTabIntent.Builder toAuthTabIntentBuilder(@NonNull Context context) {
AuthTabIntent.Builder builder = new AuthTabIntent.Builder();
if (ephemeralBrowsing) {
String preferredPackage = this.getPreferredPackage(context.getPackageManager());
if (preferredPackage != null
&& CustomTabsClient.isEphemeralBrowsingSupported(context, preferredPackage)) {
builder.setEphemeralBrowsingEnabled(true);
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

# Map the changed type, then inspect every Auth Tab construction and launch path.
ast-grep outline auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/provider/CustomTabsOptions.java --items all
rg -n -C 12 --glob '*.{java,kt}' \
  'toAuthTabIntentBuilder\s*\(|AuthTabIntent|setPackage\s*\(|setSession\s*\(|\.launch\s*\(' \
  auth0/src/main auth0/src/test

# Verify that the package checked by getPreferredPackage is applied to the final
# AuthTabIntent before launch, or that a session from that same provider is used.

Repository: auth0/Auth0.Android

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printf '%s\n' '--- CustomTabsOptions ---'
sed -n '90,125p;197,225p' auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/provider/CustomTabsOptions.java

printf '%s\n' '--- CustomTabsController launch and binding ---'
sed -n '90,230p' auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/provider/CustomTabsController.java

printf '%s\n' '--- BrowserPicker selection contract ---'
sed -n '70,180p' auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/provider/BrowserPicker.java

printf '%s\n' '--- focused Auth Tab tests ---'
sed -n '350,470p' auth0/src/test/java/com/auth0/android/provider/CustomTabsControllerTest.java

Repository: auth0/Auth0.Android

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printf '%s\n' '--- CustomTabsController state, constructor, and service callbacks ---'
sed -n '1,105p' auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/provider/CustomTabsController.java
sed -n '230,360p' auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/provider/CustomTabsController.java

printf '%s\n' '--- Auth Tab dependency/version declarations ---'
rg -n -C 3 'androidx\.browser|browserVersion|browser:' --glob '*.{gradle,gradle.kts,properties,toml,xml}' .

Repository: auth0/Auth0.Android

Length of output: 4785

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AndroidX Browser 1.10.0 AuthTabIntent.Builder setSession build launch source package pinning

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In AndroidX Browser 1.10.0, the AuthTabIntent.Builder class provides the setSession(AuthTabSession session) method to associate an intent with a specific session [1][2]. When this session is set, the library guarantees that the intent will be sent to the same browser component associated with that session [1][2]. This mechanism effectively performs package pinning for the authentication flow, ensuring continuity by forcing the Auth Tab to launch within the specific browser process that initiated the session [1][2]. Key details regarding this functionality in version 1.10.0 include: Session Association: The setSession method links the AuthTabIntent to an AuthTabSession instance [1][2]. By calling this, you ensure the Auth Tab is handled by the exact same component linked to the session, preventing the Intent from being intercepted or handled by a different browser [1][2]. Recent Fixes: Version 1.10.0 included specific fixes related to session support in the Auth Tab (commit I4e280), ensuring that these associations are correctly respected during the launch process [3][4]. Usage: 1. Create an AuthTabSession instance. 2. Use AuthTabIntent.Builder.setSession(session).build to create your intent [1][2]. 3. Call the launch method on the resulting AuthTabIntent object using your registered ActivityResultLauncher [5][6]. This approach is the standard way to maintain a persistent and secure context across authentication steps, as the underlying session management restricts the launch target to the intended, verified browser [1][7].

Citations:

Do not launch an unpinned Auth Tab when the service session is unavailable.

CustomTabsController.launchAsAuthTab continues after bindService() without confirming an AuthTabSession. AuthTabIntent.Builder pins the launch browser only through setSession, so the intent can resolve to a different browser. That browser may ignore the ephemeral-browsing extra, while CustomTabsOptions has already skipped its fallback warning. Fall back to a regular Custom Tab when no session is available, and add a regression test.

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In `@auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/provider/CustomTabsOptions.java` around
lines 200 - 204, Update CustomTabsController.launchAsAuthTab to verify that
bindService() produced a valid AuthTabSession before launching; when no session
is available, fall back to the regular Custom Tab path so AuthTabIntent.Builder
cannot launch an unpinned browser. Add a regression test covering the
unavailable-session case and preserving the existing behavior when a session
exists.

} else {
Log.w(TAG, "Ephemeral browsing was requested but is not supported by the "
+ "current browser (" + preferredPackage + "). "
+ "Falling back to a regular Auth Tab.");
}
}
if (toolbarColor > 0) {
final AuthTabColorSchemeParams params = new AuthTabColorSchemeParams.Builder()
.setToolbarColor(ContextCompat.getColor(context, toolbarColor))
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import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.os.Parcel;

import androidx.browser.auth.AuthTabIntent;
import androidx.browser.customtabs.CustomTabsClient;
import androidx.browser.customtabs.CustomTabsIntent;
import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;
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assertThat(hasLogWithMessage("Ephemeral browsing was requested"), is(false));
}

@Test
public void shouldSetEphemeralBrowsingOnAuthTabWhenSupported() {
Activity activity = spy(Robolectric.setupActivity(Activity.class));
BrowserPickerTest.setupBrowserContext(activity, Collections.singletonList("com.android.chrome"), null, null);

customTabsClientMock = Mockito.mockStatic(CustomTabsClient.class);
customTabsClientMock.when(() ->
CustomTabsClient.isEphemeralBrowsingSupported(any(), eq("com.android.chrome"))
).thenReturn(true);

BrowserPicker browserPicker = BrowserPicker.newBuilder().build();
CustomTabsOptions options = CustomTabsOptions.newBuilder()
.withBrowserPicker(browserPicker)
.withEphemeralBrowsing()
.withAuthTab()
.build();
assertThat(options, is(notNullValue()));

AuthTabIntent authTabIntent = options.toAuthTabIntentBuilder(activity).build();
assertThat(authTabIntent, is(notNullValue()));

// Verify ephemeral browsing extra is set on the Auth Tab intent
assertThat(authTabIntent.intent.getBooleanExtra(CustomTabsIntent.EXTRA_ENABLE_EPHEMERAL_BROWSING, false), is(true));

// Verify isEphemeralBrowsingSupported was called
customTabsClientMock.verify(() ->
CustomTabsClient.isEphemeralBrowsingSupported(any(), eq("com.android.chrome"))
);

// Verify no warning was logged
assertThat(hasLogWithMessage("Ephemeral browsing was requested"), is(false));
}

@Test
public void shouldFallbackWithWarningWhenEphemeralNotSupportedOnAuthTab() {
Activity activity = spy(Robolectric.setupActivity(Activity.class));
BrowserPickerTest.setupBrowserContext(activity, Collections.singletonList("com.android.chrome"), null, null);

customTabsClientMock = Mockito.mockStatic(CustomTabsClient.class);
customTabsClientMock.when(() ->
CustomTabsClient.isEphemeralBrowsingSupported(any(), eq("com.android.chrome"))
).thenReturn(false);

BrowserPicker browserPicker = BrowserPicker.newBuilder().build();
CustomTabsOptions options = CustomTabsOptions.newBuilder()
.withBrowserPicker(browserPicker)
.withEphemeralBrowsing()
.withAuthTab()
.build();

AuthTabIntent authTabIntent = options.toAuthTabIntentBuilder(activity).build();
assertThat(authTabIntent, is(notNullValue()));

assertThat(hasLogWithMessage("Ephemeral browsing was requested but is not supported"), is(true));

// Verify ephemeral browsing extra is not set (fallback to a regular Auth Tab)
assertThat(authTabIntent.intent.getBooleanExtra(CustomTabsIntent.EXTRA_ENABLE_EPHEMERAL_BROWSING, false), is(false));
}

@Test
public void shouldNotSetEphemeralBrowsingOnAuthTabByDefault() {
customTabsClientMock = Mockito.mockStatic(CustomTabsClient.class);

CustomTabsOptions options = CustomTabsOptions.newBuilder()
.withAuthTab()
.build();
assertThat(options, is(notNullValue()));

AuthTabIntent authTabIntent = options.toAuthTabIntentBuilder(context).build();
assertThat(authTabIntent, is(notNullValue()));

// Ephemeral support should not be queried when ephemeral browsing was not requested
customTabsClientMock.verifyNoInteractions();

// Verify ephemeral browsing extra is not set
assertThat(authTabIntent.intent.getBooleanExtra(CustomTabsIntent.EXTRA_ENABLE_EPHEMERAL_BROWSING, false), is(false));

assertThat(hasLogWithMessage("Ephemeral browsing was requested"), is(false));
}

// --- Partial Custom Tabs: Bottom Sheet ---
// Note: Robolectric uses density=1.0 (mdpi) by default, so dp values equal px values in tests.

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