EXPO AuthSession returns dismiss on Android device

Question

I'm using Expo AuthSession to login in my app through my IdentityServer4 implementation.

I have the problem only in ANDROID when I try to log in my IdentityServer with my Google account.

The AuthSession open the browser in my device and I'm able to log in but after, when I answer YES to the notification that ask me if I want to allow the access I receive dismiss in my React Native App.

I noticed that if I register before my google account in the browser the problem disappear and I'm able to log in.

The code that I'm using is like this:

import * as AuthSession from "expo-auth-session";
import jwtDecode from "jwt-decode";
import * as React from "react";
import { Alert, Button, Platform, StyleSheet, Text, View } from "react-native";

// You need to swap out the Auth0 client id and domain with the one from your Auth0 client.
// In your Auth0 client, you need to also add a url to your authorized redirect urls.
//
// For this application, I added https://auth.expo.io/@arielweinberger/with-auth0 because I am
// signed in as the "arielweinberger" account on Expo and the name/slug for this app is "with-auth0".
//
// You can open this app in the Expo client and check your logs to find out your redirect URL.

const auth0ClientId = "ppSP6KhARumIUKQl5J02GTABifmBdDGy";
const auth0Domain = "expo-auth0.us.auth0.com"
const authorizationEndpoint = `https://${auth0Domain}/authorize`;

const useProxy = Platform.select({ default: false });
const redirectUri = AuthSession.makeRedirectUri({ useProxy, native:"myapp://" });

export default function App() {
  const [name, setName] = React.useState(null);

  const [request, result, promptAsync] = AuthSession.useAuthRequest(
    {
      redirectUri,
      clientId: auth0ClientId,
      // id_token will return a JWT token
      responseType: "id_token",
      // retrieve the user's profile
      scopes: ["openid", "profile"],
      extraParams: {
        // ideally, this will be a random value
        nonce: "nonce",
      },
    },
    { authorizationEndpoint }
  );

  // Retrieve the redirect URL, add this to the callback URL list
  // of your Auth0 application.
  console.log(`Redirect URL: ${redirectUri}`);

  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (result) {
      if (result.error) {
        Alert.alert(
          "Authentication error",
          result.params.error_description || "something went wrong"
        );
        return;
      }
      if (result.type === "success") {
        // Retrieve the JWT token and decode it
        const jwtToken = result.params.id_token;
        const decoded = jwtDecode(jwtToken);

        const { name } = decoded;
        setName(name);
      }
    }
  }, [result]);

  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      {name ? (
        <Text style={styles.title}>You are logged in, {name}!</Text>
      ) : (
        <Button
          disabled={!request}
          title="Log in with Auth0"
          onPress={() => promptAsync({ useProxy })}
        />
      )}
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    backgroundColor: "#fff",
    alignItems: "center",
    justifyContent: "center",
  },
  title: {
    fontSize: 20,
    textAlign: "center",
    marginTop: 40,
  },
});

Answer 1

I solved. When I call promptAsync I can add some options and one of these is showInRecents (Should browsed website be shown as a separate entry in Android multitasker) the default is false. Setting this to true solved my problem.

promptAsync(discovery, { useProxy, showInRecents:true });