Backgrounding the app without canceling auth flow

[satyajitvure91]

Describe the feature request?

Hey Okta team,

When user clicks on Login button, we are setting our loading state to true and call WebAuthenticationClient's login which then launches the chrome custom tab. If user closes the tab, we catch the FlowCancelledException which we use to reset the loading state.

If the user backgrounds the app and then use the app launcher icon to relaunch the app, the custom tab gets destroyed and it leaves the user in perpetual loading state. Is there a callback that can be used here to reset loading state when the ForegroundActivity gets destroyed?

New or Affected Resource(s)

User loading state

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[satyajitvure91]

Adding comment to get attention

[rajdeepnanua-okta]

Hi @satyajitvure91, this issue may be happening if you are executing this function from a viewModelScope or lifecycleScope. Those coroutine scopes get destroyed when the user backgrounds the app. I have to investigate this issue further, but does overriding ViewModel.onCleared function help with this issue in this case?

There isn't a callback currently, but I can emit an event in the SDK's EventCoordinator whenever ForegroundActivity gets destroyed.

[satyajitvure91]

Thank you @rajdeepnanua-okta. I can follow the solution you've suggested and update you