feat: provide a workaround for Browser.close() on android

[benjhess]

Feature Request

Provide a workaround for Browser.close() on android, in order to provide the same features on all platforms.

Description

As i understand it, capacitors goal is to provide the same api and features on all platforms (wherever possible). This currently seems to be not the case with the Browser plugin, as Browser.close() does not work on android (also documented). For me, this makes the plugin pretty much unusable, as i build my app for ios and android...

Currently i have to use cordova-plugin-inappbrowser, which is not a preferable solution. It would be very nice, if we could solely rely on capacitor to do this :)

Platform(s)

android

Preferred Solution

Provide a workaround for Browser.close() on android

Alternatives

Use cordova-plugin-inappbrowser (not really a preferable solution)

[benjhess]

BTW: I know that the android implementation uses chrome custom tabs and this does not provide a close functionality. However, there seems to be a workaround by using broadcasts and redirect to the activity, that opened the chrome custom tab. Maybe this solution could be used: https://gist.github.com/im182cm/2c7723d42b2d7091af6c493b97b732b7

[kevinfavv]

Any news?

[yaberkane05]

Any news on this ?

[nitsand]

Any news on this issue?

[Bernix01]

Any news on this issue?

[richardkshergold]

We could do with this too - any update?

[cyrilfr]

Not being able to close the browser is a huge issue. Please, could you make it number one priority for this project? Thank you.

[diogomgbrito]

My workaround was to use Observables.

I turned the Browser.open() into an observable with from and pipe takeUntil with a void Subject to cancel the observable. Worked on Android but not iOS for me

[cyrilfr]

My workaround was to use Observables.

I turned the Browser.open() into an observable with from and pipe takeUntil with a void Subject to cancel the observable. Worked on Android but not iOS for me

That sounds promising. Do you have an example?