In AuthenticationActivity intent flag CLEAR_TOP will close previous Activities with Launcher set to `singleTask`

[cooperkong]

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Checklist

• [X] The issue can be reproduced in the Auth0.Android sample app (or N/A).
• [X] I have looked into the Readme, Examples, and FAQ and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• [X] I have looked into the API documentation and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• [X] I have searched the issues and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• [X] I have searched the Auth0 Community forums and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
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Description

This issue can be repdocued by thie repo https://github.com/cooperkong/auth0-issue

Reproduction

1. launch app
2. click on button to launch Auth0 login page
3. click Home button to close app
4. re-launch again from launcher
5. click on button to launch Auth0 login page will cause the app to close

Additional context

Hi Auth- team, I understand there might be a need to CLEAR_TOP when launching AuthenticationActivity but in the example provided, it has unpexpected behaviour. My suggestion would be

• if it's possible to have an API to specify what intent flag we would pass in to Auth0
• or clean up CustomTabs as soon as the user leaves web auth (background, click on Home, etc..) essentially what I mean is to move this bit of logic into perhaps onStop

        val resultMissing = authenticationIntent.data == null
        if (resultMissing) {
            setResult(RESULT_CANCELED)
        }
        deliverAuthenticationResult(authenticationIntent)
        finish()

Auth0.Android version

2.10.2

Android version(s)

12

[cooperkong]

Here is also a video to reproduce this issue. 3.webm

[andreas-umbricht]

I ran into the same issue using launchMode="singleInstance". It seems like that in by version 2.11.0 this issue is fixed.

[andreas-umbricht]

Sadly I found a new, possibly related bug, so I will post it in this thread. After updating to version 2.11.0 using launchMode="singleInstance" usually works fine. But when I move the app into background while CustomTabs is open and then resume the app. The old behavior is still present, where I cannot press the "X" button without closing the entire app.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4e969506-45da-4e10-a7ee-d29a90a317f4

This is quite an edge-case, so it does not hurt too much, but still a bug that should be addressed.

[pmathew92]

Hi @cooperkong Are you still facing this issue on the latest version of Auth0 android SDK?

[pmathew92]

Closing this for now. Please feel free to reopen if you are are facing this