flutter_custom_tabs

• Updates the minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.44/Dart 3.12.
• Migrates to built-in Kotlin.
• Updates minimum supported Kotlin version to 2.2.10.
• Migrates the build configuration from Groovy to Kotlin in the android example app.
• Updates the minimum supported SDK version to Android SDK 23.
• Updates minimum supported version to iOS 13.
• Adopts UISceneDelegate in the iOS example app.
• Updates minimum required flutter_lints version to 6.0.0.
• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_ios version to 2.6.0.
• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_android/web version to 2.5.0.

• Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.27.0/Dart 3.6.
• Updates minimum supported Kotlin version to 1.8.0.
• Adds notes to README about:
  • iOS 26+ Liquid Glass appearance changes and affected option limitations.
  • iOS background-launch workaround.
  • App Links support limitations.
• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_ios version to 2.5.0.
• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_android/web version to 2.4.0.
• Updates minimum required flutter_lints version to 5.0.0.
• Updates minimum required mockito version to 5.4.4.

• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_ios version to 2.4.1.
  • Fix SFSafariViewController launch failure under UIScene lifecycle.

• Always enables app-specific history for lightweight URL launch.
• Corrects minimum iOS version support.
• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_ios version to 2.4.0.
  • This version introduces Swift Package Manager (SPM) support.
  • Note that due to the removal of unnecessary bridge code, running flutter clean might be required after upgrading to this version to avoid potential build issues.
• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_android version to 2.3.1.

• Exposes new options from flutter_custom_tabs_android:
  • Customization:
    • Control visibility of bookmarks and download buttons in the overflow menu (CustomTabsOptions.bookmarksButtonEnabled, CustomTabsOptions.downloadButtonEnabled).
    • Enable app-specific history in Chrome (CustomTabsOptions.shareIdentityEnabled).
  • Partial Custom Tabs:
    • Support side sheet format on larger screens (PartialCustomTabsConfiguration).
    • Control background app interaction (PartialCustomTabsConfiguration.backgroundInteractionEnabled).
• Improves documentation for the partial display.
• Updates minimum iOS version to 12.0.
• Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.19.0/Dart 3.3.
• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_android/ios/web version to 2.3.0.

• No changes except for version bump.

• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_android/ios/web version to 2.2.0.
• Updates Android Gradle setup to use the new Flutter Gradle plugin integration.
• Adds iOS requirements to README.

• Adds warmupCustomTabs, mayLaunchUrl(s), and invalidateSession functions for performance optimization.
• Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.16.0/Dart 3.2.
• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_ios/web version to 2.2.0-dev.1.
• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_android version to 2.2.0-dev.3.

• Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.10/Dart 3.
• Updates minimum required flutter_custom_tabs_android/ios/web version to 2.1.0.
• Updates navigationBarColor in CustomTabsOptions to use surface instead of deprecated background.
• Adds instructions for manually closing Custom Tabs to the README .

Highlights of changes from v1.x:

• Refactors the signature for launching a URL in Custom Tabs.
• Refactors the signature for manually closing Custom Tabs.
• Supports the launch of a deep link URL.
• Supports the launch of Custom Tabs as a bottom sheet.
• Supports launching a URL in an external browser.
• Introduces a lightweight version of URL launching.
• Updates the minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.0.0/Dart 2.17.

NOTE:
Version 2.0.0 includes many breaking changes from version 1.x. For more information, please refer to the migration guide.

• Updates README.md with stable version dependency.

• Supports launching a URL in an external browser.
• Makes LaunchOptions class immutable.
• Renames appBarFixed property to barFixingEnabled in LaunchOptions class.
• Renames CustomTabsCloseButtonIcon class to CustomTabsCloseButtonIcons.
• Makes SystemNavigationBarParams class constructor a constant constructor.
• Fixes a bug where the share action is not added when using the lightweight version on Android.
• The lightweight version of flutter_custom_tabs prioritizes launching the default browser that supports Custom Tabs over Chrome.
• Updates the flutter_custom_tabs_platform_interface package to version 2.0.0-beta.2.
• Updates the flutter_custom_tabs_platform_android package to version 2.0.0-beta.2.
• Updates the flutter_custom_tabs_platform_ios package to version 2.0.0-beta.1.
• Updates the flutter_custom_tabs_platform_web package to version 2.0.0-beta.1.

For details on the changes, please refer to the migration guide.

• Adds support for prioritizing the default browser over Chrome on Androids.
• Updates the flutter_custom_tabs_platform_interface package to version 2.0.0-beta.1.
• Updates the flutter_custom_tabs_platform_android package to version 2.0.0-beta.1.
• Updates CocoaPods version to 1.14.2 in example app.

For details on the changes, please refer to the migration guide.

• Refactors the signature for launching a URL in Custom Tabs.
• Refactors the signature for manually closing Custom Tabs.
• Introduces a lightweight version of URL launching as an experimental feature.
• Supports the launch of a deep link URL.
• Supports the launch of Custom Tabs as a bottom sheet.
• Updates the flutter_custom_tabs_platform_interface package to version 2.0.0-beta.
• Updates the flutter_custom_tabs_web plugin package to version 2.0.0-beta+1.
• Migrates Android platform-specific implementations to the flutter_custom_tabs_android package plugin.
• Migrates iOS platform-specific implementations to the flutter_custom_tabs_ios package plugin.
• Updates the minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.0.0/Dart 2.17.

For details on the changes, please refer to the migration guide.

• Fix the build error when depending on v1.2.0 plugin in some iOS projects.

• Supports presentation style customization for SFSafariViewController.
• Make closeAllIfPossible work on Android 6.0 and above.
• Update dependency CustomTabLauncher to v1.7.1.
• Depends on CocoaPods v1.12.1.
• Corrects the URLs in the README.

• Fixed a bug that handled results multiple times when opening a URL on Android.

• Added a manual close feature for SFSafariViewController on iOS.
• Update dependency CustomTabLauncher to v1.7.0.
• Update Android Gradle Plugin to v7.4.0.
• Update the minimum supported OS to iOS11.

• Update to Android CustomTabsLauncher 1.0.6.

• Migrate from deprecated gradle getGenerateBuildConfig to buildFeatures.
• Avoiding app crashes caused by URLs containing whitespaces.

• Fix NullPointerException when calling launch without setting the value of enableUrlBarHiding.

• Fix links in the document on pub.dev.

NOTE:
The first major release include some breaking changes, see the migration guide for details.

• Migrate to federated plugins.
• Improved customization on iOS.

• Migrated to Null Safety.
• Bug Fix : shows black screen while launching in release mode.
• Support Android11.
• Update the dependent url_launcher to v6.0.3.

• Added HTTP headers option.

NOTE:
This package only support CustomTabs for androidx from v0.5.0.
If you migrate existing project to androidx see the official docs.

• AndroidX support.

• Fix: Only works with Chrome.

• Migrate to dart 2.0 release.

• Support custom transition.
• Support enabling of Instant apps.

Initial release of plugin supports following customization options:

• Custom tab toolbar color.
• Hides the toolbar when the user scrolls down the page.
• Adds default sharing menu.
• Show web page title in tool bar.

ref. CustomTabsIntent.Builder