In Android 2.2 the private API GoogleLoginServiceHelper can no longer return auth tokens with the getCredentials() method it seems. This is fine as it is a private API and using it was always risky. However, I was using it to retrieve an auth token for use as a cookie to visit the Google Reader site in a webview. This was retrieved by setting the service string in the getCredentials() call to null. This required the permission com.google.android.googleapps.permission.GOOGLE_AUTH.OTHER_SERVICES in the manifest.
I have tried using the AccountManager available since Android 2.0 and I can retrieve an auth token for the Google Reader API by setting the authTokenType to "reader" in getAuthTokenByFeatures(). However, this token cannot be used as a cookie in the webview. The user is asked to login in again which isn't a great experience. I have tried retrieving a second auth token with authTokenType set to null but this causes an IllegalArgumentException. I have also tried "misc", "all", "web", "generic", "general", "other", "google" and an empty string, none of which work. I guess what I am getting is, can a list of valid authTokenTypes be published please? -- 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
