# GoogleChrome/custom-tabs-client

Chrome custom tabs examples

Repository: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/custom-tabs-client
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/custom-tabs-client
Homepage: https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/customtabs
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-05-19T20:14:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4122, "days_push": 1932, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1386, forks 345 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:35.054199+00:00)

## What it is
A deprecated GoogleChrome repository hosting examples and documentation for Chrome Custom Tabs, which lets Android apps open web content in a customized Chrome activity. It has been superseded by android-browser-helper and androidx.browser.

## Use cases
- open web links inside my android app without a webview
- customize the browser toolbar color when launching chrome from my app
- learn how to implement chrome custom tabs on android
- share browser cookies and session state with in-app web content
- migrate from custom-tabs-client to androidx.browser
- make external web pages feel like part of my android app

## When to choose
- studying legacy custom tabs implementations or maintaining an old Android app already using it

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - use androidx.browser or android-browser-helper instead
- using AndroidX or Jetifier, since this library has known runtime crashes with AndroidX
- needing maintained code or support - the repository is deprecated

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: sdk, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, android-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: chrome-custom-tabs, deprecated, android-browser, in-app-browser, trusted-web-activities, examples, documentation, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- GoogleChrome/custom-tabs-client (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.054199+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:52.710098+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/custom-tabs-client (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.054199+00:00, sha 9115c1339606)
  - homepage: https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/customtabs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:26.531353+00:00, sha b842b12b151a)
  - site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:26.540763+00:00, sha e332f343e20e)
  - site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:26.542631+00:00, sha 3a64aa5949b9)
  - site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/capabilities (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:26.544163+00:00, sha fa7a497e35fc)
  - site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/automation-and-testing (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:26.545752+00:00, sha 9d1a85eb8718)
  - site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/chromedriver (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:26.547329+00:00, sha 299702e6528a)
  - site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:26.549011+00:00, sha 1b3000706122)
  - site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:26.550652+00:00, sha 7e2ba0f4b2c3)
  - site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/chromium (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:26.552353+00:00, sha 5b41a2712c9e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.