Mobile Authentication Browser

Note, this feature will be available starting from Element Pro version 26.05.0.

Whilst Element Pro usually uses a standard browser session for authentication and account management, there may be situations where the identity provider (IdP) requires the use of a special dedicated corporate browser. When this is the case the mobile apps can be configured by the homeserver to always open these account URLs using this browser. This can be configured in your ESS Pro deployment by configuring the well-known delegation "component":

wellKnownDelegation:
  additional:
    element: |
      {
        "idp_app_scheme": "myidp"
      }

In the example above, the scheme myidp:// is configured. With this set, whenever Element Pro attempts to open an authentication/account URL for MAS such as https://account.example.com/authorize, it will instead open the URL myidp://account.example.com/authorize so that the external app registered for this scheme is used instead of the standard browser session.

There is an example fragment in charts/matrix-stack/ci/fragments/element-pro-idp-app-scheme.yaml for further reference.

Supported Platforms

Android	iOS	Web
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