[twitter-dev] Twitter for Android app OAuth

2010-08-31 Thread Jef Poskanzer
Twitter's official Android app is obviously using OAuth, since it still works. So why does it ask for my password? Isn't it supposed to send me to a web page where I can click Ok? What is going on behind the scenes here? Maybe just some leftover Basic Auth code that hasn't been deleted yet? If

Re: [twitter-dev] Twitter for Android app OAuth

2010-08-31 Thread Matt Harris
Hey Jef, Like many mobile applications Twitter for Android uses xAuth. In this mode the user enters their username and password which is then sent to Twitter for the OAuth credentials. Part of the agreement of granting access to xAuth is that the application must not store the username and