Provide a fallback for when Custom Tabs is not installedĪlthough Custom Tabs is available for the great majority of users, there are some scenarios where a browser that supports Custom Tabs is not installed on the device or the device does not support a browser version that has Custom Tabs enabled. So, there’s no need to optimize your application for those cases. This will give the maximum speed up to the page loading process, but comes with a network and battery cost.Ĭustom Tabs is smart and knows if the user is using the phone on a metered network or if it’s a low end device and pre-rendering will have a negative effect on the overall performance of the device and won’t pre-fetch or pre-render on those scenarios.

So, if your user has at least a 50% likelihood of clicking on the link, use the mayLaunchUrl() method.Ĭalling mayLaunchUrl() will make Custom Tabs pre-fetch the main page with the supporting content and pre-render. Pre-fetching will make external content open instantly. The loading happens as a low priority process, meaning that it won’t have any negative performance impact on your application, but will give a big performance boost when loading a link. You can save up to 700 ms when opening a link with the Custom Tabs by connecting to the service and pre-loading Chrome.Ĭonnect to the Custom Tabs service on the onStart()method of the Activities you plan to launch a Custom Tab from. The following contact options are available: Pricing Information, Support, General Help, and Press Information/New Coverage (to guage reputation). Discover which options are the fastest to get your customer service issues resolved. To help answer this question, we’ve put together a checklist for developers to look at and make improvements to their application as needed. You can try any of the methods below to contact Google Chrome. But what should an application do to achieve a high quality Custom Tabs integration? During this time, we’ve seen various implementations with different levels of quality. It has been out in the wild for a few months now. Chrome Custom Tabs is a Chrome feature that allows developers open 3rd party web content from their application, with big performance improvements and a customized UI, creating a more engaging an seamless experience.

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