Chrome Custom Tabs are a broadly embraced — with one prominent exception — staple on Android that permits third-party applications to utilize the default Google browser when opening links. With Chrome 88 released recently, Custom Tabs are acquiring a trial share button.
Third-party engineers can customize Custom Tabs so they coordinate the style of their application. One change permits them to add a button to the application bar, just left of the overflow menu. For instance, Twitter has a “TWEET” button to immediately open the create window and insert that URL.
Notwithstanding, the social media application is the uncommon special case, with Google noticing how “Custom Tabs do not provide a default sharing experience and many apps don’t provide a way for users to share content at all.”
Google is remedying this by “running an experiment” with Custom Tabs in Chrome 88 that adds a straightforward share button to open the system sheet. It shows up when an application has not indicated its own Action Button, and in any case stays in the overflow as “Share via.” This comes as “users frequently want to share the content that is rendered inside the Custom Tabs.”
The investigation is broadly turned out after the launch of Chrome 88 for Android on Tuesday. Google gives application designers guidelines on the most proficient method to quit.