ionic-team / ionic-team/capacitor-plugins
[Bug]: `browserFinished` on Android triggers when browser is minimized
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Description
### Capacitor Version
💊 Capacitor Doctor 💊
Latest Dependencies:
@capacitor/cli: 8.4.0
@capacitor/core: 8.4.0
@capacitor/android: 8.4.0
@capacitor/ios: 8.4.0
Installed Dependencies:
@capacitor/ios: not installed
@capacitor/core: 8.4.0
@capacitor/android: 8.4.0
@capacitor/cli: 8.4.0
[success] Android looking great! 👌
### Other API Details
```Shell
```
### Platforms Affected
- [ ] iOS
- [x] Android
- [ ] Web
### Current Behavior
For repro I used `npm init @capacitor/app@latest` and then replaced index.html body with
```html
Open browser
```
and `capacitor-welcome.js` with
```js
import { Browser } from '@capacitor/browser';
Browser.addListener('browserFinished', async () => {
document.querySelector('pre').innerText += 'browserFinished\n';
});
document.querySelector('button').addEventListener('click', () => {
Browser.open({
url: 'https://example.com',
});
});
```
Steps:
1. Click "open browser"
2. Minimize the browser
3. `browserFinished` has fired
4. It won't fire again when maximizing/minimizing or closing the browser
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1d781e02-7387-45f3-8b36-568a0d7b8dab
### Expected Behavior
I expect `browserFinished` to tell me when the browser was _closed_
I open Auth0 in a browser (because of https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor/issues/7367). But I can't reliably know when the browser is done to remove the "loading" state (spinner) in my app.
### Project Reproduction
https://github.com/Prinzhorn/capacitor-android-browser-close-event
### Additional Information
_No response_
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