bug: Browser window does not allow the user to get OTPs

[Nekidev]

Describe the bug

Sign up is pretty much unusable, since there's this issue which doesn't allow users to go fetch their OTP code somewhere else, since they need to dismiss the app, and therefore the browser window is closed. This happens in Android only.

Expected behavior

The browser window should not automatically close.

How to reproduce?

Make a basic installation of the library and switch to another app while in the browser window, then try to go back to the browser window, you'll see it has automatically disappeared.

Context

• Logto Cloud
• Self-hosted, Logto version =
  • Container (Docker image)
  • Raw Node.js

Screenshots

Screen_Recording_20250202_021625_One_UI_Home.1.mp4

[Nekidev]

The issue should supposedly be fixed with this expo PR.

[Nekidev]

This comment shows a workaround, which helps, while not perfect. It'd be adding this line to @logto/rn's client.js file.

It doesn't make the browser open in its past state if you reopen the app from its icon, but it does keep the browser window in the background without automatically closing it, which allows to have the app working for signups.