By the way. It seems there is no gdata client library on android, how could use YouTubeService on the android directly? I thought we should rewrite gdata client library on android. What's your suggestion? thanks.
2010/2/28 Jiecong Li <[email protected]> > 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
