Google improves in-app browser with custom tabs

An improvement has been announced by Google for the in-app browser. With the addition of custom tabs, this feature gets even better and doesn’t take up the whole screen anymore.

Custom tabs in-app browser

The in-app browser is a useful addition to Android. With this addition you do not have to continuously switch between the internet browser and the app in which you encounter the link. The internet page is simply opened with the browser in the app itself. This usually uses the technology from Chrome, but otherwise works on its own. Google has added a new feature for the in-app browser; custom tabs.

When a developer adds support for custom tabs, it no longer takes up the entire screen. The page in question can then also be opened halfway, so that the other app remains partly visible, for example for reading an e-mail. As a user, you have the option of letting the browser fill the screen by swiping the window upwards. The operation of this can be seen below.

Google says that support for custom tabs can also be added to other internet browsers on Android. The support for this must be added by the developer. Chrome supports this functionality by default. If you use the custom tab in combination with Chrome, it can also handle the auto-fill functionality such as text fields and passwords.

Through Google