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Use Chrome Custom Tab in url_launcher, instead of custom WebView activity #18589

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On Android, most apps today tend to use Chrome custom tabs for launching URLs. This provides users with a more seamless experience from their app to the web page that's being launched vs. directly launching the browser.

See comparison: https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/customtabs

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    P3Issues that are less important to the Flutter projectc: new featureNothing broken; request for a new capabilitycustomer: crowdAffects or could affect many people, though not necessarily a specific customer.customer: mulligan (g3)p: url_launcherPlugin to launch external applicationspackageflutter/packages repository. See also p: labels.platform-androidAndroid applications specificallyteam-androidOwned by Android platform teamtriaged-androidTriaged by Android platform team

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