In general, having the standard browser "talk" to your application seems to be extremely difficult for a number of reasons. If you find a way to do this that doesn't involve sending the data to the server and retrieving it from the app, I'd love to hear about it. Does twitter not have an Android API?
Kris On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 2:22 AM, cuil yahoo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Kristopher Micinski < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 5:57 PM, cuil yahoo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Appreciate the prompt response. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 4:15 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 5:33 PM, cuil yahoo <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > I am making an app. which uses google authentication. For this, i pass >>>> on >>>> > intents to the browser and then using the callback method, get the >>>> token >>>> > back to my application. >>>> >>>> Callback method? >>>> >>> >>> To allow the user to authenticate himself, i pass on a url to the browser >>> using intent. Then when verified the browser returns a token back to a >>> callback class. This is perhaps easier to use for authentication. I would be >>> glad to know of other ways as well. (: >>> >>> >> How? >> > > http://dev.twitter.com/pages/auth#authorization > Under the heading, sending the user to authentication. > > https://code.google.com/apis/accounts/docs/OAuth.html#WorkingOauth > Under the heading, Working with Oauth tokens. > > It would be great if you could share your perspective on this. I found this > most simple to implement, there are other ways too, > > 1. Using the Account of the device and authenticate using that, this limits > the user's options of signing in using another account. > > 2. Using a separate self made UI , for getting User name and Password and > then authenticating using google-api-java client. > > I would love to hear about other ways too. > > > Thanks. > Cuil > >> >> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> > The problem i am facing is : After getting the token when i go to my >>>> next >>>> > activity, and if i click back( which calls finish() ) it goes back to >>>> the >>>> > browser (which i think did not close but just transferred the token >>>> and then >>>> > remained in the background ). >>>> > >>>> > I want to display my main activity when i click back . It would be >>>> great if >>>> > someone could please provide some pointers. >>>> >>>> With regards to your subject line, you cannot close the browser. That >>>> is another application -- you have no more rights to close some other >>>> application than other applications have the right to close yours. >>>> >>> >>> Oh...yes, agreed. absolutely. >>> >>>> >>>> Off the cuff, I would think that this sort of authentication would >>>> work better with a WebView widget, so you can control this stuff >>>> better. Then again, I have not tried it. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >>>> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy >>>> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >>>> >>>> Android Training in London: http://bit.ly/smand1 and >>>> http://bit.ly/smand2 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> >>> >>> >>> i want my previous activity to be shown instead of the browser when i >>> click back in the newer activity (the one which comes after the >>> authentication). >>> >>> just wondering : correct me i am wrong, if i say create an intent of my >>> previous activity and use startActivity (intent_name), all the data stored >>> in the previous activity would be lost ? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cuil >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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