I think you can use account manager to store account and password, but it was from 2.0.
2010/2/28 Anna PS <[email protected]> > OK, I found this: > http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/2.0/developers_guide_java.html#ClientLogin_for_Installed_Applications > Should have read the docs more carefully :) > > It suggests supplying the password like this: > > YouTubeService service = new YouTubeService(clientID, developer_key); > service.setUserCredentials("[email protected]", "password"); > > My question now is how to store "password" securely in Android. The > first time the password is needed, I guess I can just do a popup with > email and password field, but it would be nice to store the password > in Settings. Can I do this securely? Would I need to hash it? > > Thanks! > Anna > > On Feb 27, 3:07 pm, Anna PS <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm writing an Android app that, among other things, uses the GData > > libraries to upload videos shot with the camera to Youtube (code > > below). However, I'm a bit confused about how to authenticate my > > users. > > > > Can I simply assume that they are already signed in to Youtube, since > > they're using Android? Or do I need to ask them to authenticate? In > > which case, should I use ClientLogin? > > > > There seems to be little example code on how to use ClientLogin in > > Android, and since it's using people's Google account passwords, it > > obviously needs to be secure. I'm a bit concerned at the prospect of > > writing my own authentication code without much guidance, and at the > > extra step required from users. > > > > It seems odd that I have to ask people to authenticate for a Google > > service, given that they are using Google phones and the inbuilt > > Google apps don't require external authentication. Why is this? It > > seems to put my app at a disadvantage to Google's own apps. > > > > ----------------------------- > > > > Here's the code that I have, below: > > > > private void testGdata() { > > > > YouTubeService service = new YouTubeService(clientId, > developerKey); > > > > VideoEntry newEntry = new VideoEntry(); > > > > YouTubeMediaGroup mg = newEntry.getOrCreateMediaGroup(); > > mg.setTitle(new MediaTitle()); > > mg.getTitle().setPlainTextContent("Custom title here"); > > mg.addCategory(new > MediaCategory(YouTubeNamespace.CATEGORY_SCHEME, > > "Politics")); > > mg.setKeywords(new MediaKeywords()); > > mg.getKeywords().addKeyword("myImportantKeyword"); > > mg.setDescription(new MediaDescription()); > > mg.getDescription().setPlainTextContent("Custom > description here"); > > mg.setPrivate(false); > > mg.addCategory(new > > MediaCategory(YouTubeNamespace.DEVELOPER_TAG_SCHEME, "mydevtag")); > > mg.addCategory(new > > MediaCategory(YouTubeNamespace.DEVELOPER_TAG_SCHEME, > > "anotherdevtag")); > > > > newEntry.setGeoCoordinates(new GeoRssWhere(37.0,-122.0)); > > // alternatively, one could specify just a descriptive > string > > // newEntry.setLocation("Mountain View, CA"); > > > > //MediaFileSource ms = new MediaFileSource(new > File("file.mov"), > > "video/quicktime"); > > MediaFileSource ms = new MediaFileSource(video, > "video/3gpp"); > > newEntry.setMediaSource(ms); > > > > String uploadUrl = > > " > http://uploads.gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/default/ > > uploads"; > > > > try { > > VideoEntry createdEntry = service.insert(new > URL(uploadUrl), > > newEntry); > > } catch (MalformedURLException e) { > > // TODO Auto-generated catch block > > e.printStackTrace(); > > } catch (IOException e) { > > // TODO Auto-generated catch block > > e.printStackTrace(); > > } catch (ServiceException e) { > > // TODO Auto-generated catch block > > e.printStackTrace(); > > } > > } > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[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
