Thanks for taking the time to explain the idea. :-) I have to tell you, that the new online-accounts-api is simpler than the other API we have, and it's so in virtue of its more limited scope: it was initially designed for click applications, or for unconfined services acting on behalf of a specific click application.
I'm quite confident that we can make it work for your use-case, but some compromises might be needed. The more you explain the goal, the more I get convinced that the storage framework needs to be registered as an app with Online Accounts. Once we can properly identify the storage-framework as the initiator, we can then make some tweaks on the UI on our side, if there is the need to; for example, if we need to customize the access request screen we show to the user when creating/authorising a new account (which, currently shows icon and name of the requesting app, which might not be what we want in this case). In order to do the above, you need to ship the .application file I've mentioned before. The fact that the API works without specifying a valid applicationId is not intentional, and is in fact a bug. Please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/online-accounts-api/+bug/1638769/comments/7 and let me know if you think there's something wrong in all this. :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu WebApps bug tracking, which is subscribed to online-accounts-api in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643732 Title: service() method returns invalid service instance Status in online-accounts-api package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have a Google Drive account configured. When I call GetAccounts(), the account is returned, and calling the service() method on the account returns a Service instance. But that instance returns false from isValid(), its id(), displayName(), and iconSource() methods return an empty string. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/online-accounts-api/+bug/1643732/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-webapps-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-webapps-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
