I am writing a project in Google App Engine, GAE and need to authenticate
from Android
On the GAE server in a servlet I use
UserService userService = UserServiceFactory.getUserService();
User user = userService.getCurrentUser();
This prints the current user, and shows I am authenticated
To achieve this, I used the Client Login method, as described in this
excellent blog
http://blog.notdot.net/2010/05/Authenticating-against-App-Engine-from-an-Android-app
This works, and I can call servlets on my Google App Engine server
The servlets know who I am, hence the Android device is authenticated,
and Servlet code in Google App engine knows who
the current user is.
However, Client Login, is now officially ,deprecated see
https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/AuthForInstalledApps
and they recommend switching to OAuth
2.0<https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2#IA>
,
But, I read else where, that OAuth
2.0<https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2#IA>,
is not supported by Google App Engine
Questions
1. What is the recommended method for Authenticating Android with Google
App Engine ?
2. Is there example code to do this anywhere (ideally a rework of the
example
http://blog.notdot.net/2010/05/Authenticating-against-App-Engine-from-an-Android-app,
would be ideal)
When is OAuth 2.0 <https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2#IA>,
available on Google App Engine ?
It seems existing methods are marked as deprecated , before the new
methods are ready.
Please help. thanks
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