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<http://www.helloandroid.com/content/useful-java-apis-android-applications> Kris On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected] > wrote: > 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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