added in version 24.1.0
belongs to Maven artifact com.android.support:customtabs:28.0.0-alpha1

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CustomTabsClient

public class CustomTabsClient
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.support.customtabs.CustomTabsClient

Class to communicate with a CustomTabsService and create CustomTabsSession from it.

Summary

Public methods
`static boolean`	`bindCustomTabsService(Context context, String packageName, CustomTabsServiceConnection connection)` Bind to a `CustomTabsService` using the given package name and `ServiceConnection`.
`static boolean`	`connectAndInitialize(Context context, String packageName)` Connects to the Custom Tabs warmup service, and initializes the browser.
`Bundle`	`extraCommand(String commandName, Bundle args)`
`static String`	`getPackageName(Context context, List<String> packages)` Returns the preferred package to use for Custom Tabs, preferring the default VIEW handler.
`static String`	`getPackageName(Context context, List<String> packages, boolean ignoreDefault)` Returns the preferred package to use for Custom Tabs.
`CustomTabsSession`	`newSession(CustomTabsCallback callback)` Creates a new session through an ICustomTabsService with the optional callback.
`boolean`	`warmup(long flags)` Warm up the browser process.

From class


  
    java.lang.Object

boolean bindCustomTabsService (Context context, 
                String packageName, 
                CustomTabsServiceConnection connection)

Bind to a CustomTabsService using the given package name and ServiceConnection.

Parameters
`context`	`Context`: `Context` to use while calling `bindService(Intent, ServiceConnection, int)`
`packageName`	`String`: Package name to set on the `Intent` for binding.
`connection`	`CustomTabsServiceConnection`: `CustomTabsServiceConnection` to use when binding. This will return a `CustomTabsClient` on `#onCustomTabsServiceConnected(ComponentName, CustomTabsClient)`

Returns
`boolean`	Whether the binding was successful.

boolean connectAndInitialize (Context context, 
                String packageName)

Connects to the Custom Tabs warmup service, and initializes the browser