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I assume I’m not the only one here using Chrome Custom Tabs (whether directly or via e.g. AppAuth). So how are you handling UI state in between the time when a button is clicked, and the time when the browser opens?

On observation I see that state changes aren’t propagated before the the browser opens, so if I try to, for example, respond to the click event by showing a loading spinner, the spinner doesn’t actually show up after the click. It takes a second (or fraction of) before it shows up, and then is immediately hidden by the browser.

The only way it looks smooth is if you invoke `ActivityResultLauncher.launch()` in an Effect

So to be clear I assume this applies generally to launching any Activity, not just Chrome Custom Tabs. I’ve just felt it with CCT acutely