Google's recently announced Chrome Custom Tabs give app developers more control over handling web links. Rather than resorting to a WebView, you can now boot up Chrome, customize its look, handle navigation, and even pre-fetch content for better performance.
This short video gets you set up with Chrome Custom Tabs with opening a simple URL. In future episodes we'll dive into customization, navigation callbacks, and pre-fetching.
• Github Repository: https://github.com/hackercasts/01-android-introduction-to-chrome-custom-tabs
• Chrome Team Tutorial: https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/customtabs
• Chrome Team Announcement: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/09/chrome-custom-tabs-smooth-transition.html
• Chrome Demos Repository: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/custom-tabs-client
• API Documentation: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/customtabs/package-summary.html
