Ephemeral sessions for Android?

[jamesmcn1]

Checklist

• I have looked into the Readme, Examples, and FAQ and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• I have looked into the API documentation and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• I have searched the issues and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• I have searched the Auth0 Community forums and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• I agree to the terms within the Auth0 Code of Conduct.

Describe the problem you'd like to have solved

On Android, we have to clear the users web session upon logout (clearSession), which causes an annoying flicker where the web browser appears briefly. Otherwise if user logs out then tries to log back in, they will be automatically logged back with the previous credentials used as the auth0 session is still active.

Describe the ideal solution

If Android also has support for ephemeral session similar to iOS, this would not be a problem as the users web session is not persisted. It looks like ephemeral session are possible, however they may not always be supported. https://developer.chrome.com/docs/android/custom-tabs/guide-ephemeral-tab

Alternatives and current workarounds

There is no current workaround with this library.

Additional context

This may have already been considered by you guys. If this is not possible or desirable it would be good to know the reasoning so i can feed this back to stakeholders. Thanks :)

[subhankarmaiti]

Hi @jamesmcn1
We plan to support this, but the current Gradle version used in the Android SDK limits us for now.
At the moment, we don’t have an estimated timeline for when this will be available.