In case any one is reading this later, the solution I settled on was porting the Python xoauth.py script to Java and integrating into my app. In retrospect, this was a stupid idea and wholly unnecessary. :-) Because, at the end of the day, the behaviour is *identical* to the solution described here: http://blog.doityourselfandroid.com/2010/11/10/oauth-flow-in-android-app/. This still requires the user to grant access outside the usual Android framework, which is unfortunate... Oh well.
On the plus side, I learned some Python. So I guess it wasn't a complete waste of time. On Jan 20, 11:42 am, Kookamonga <site...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > I want to be able to send mail using GMail without user intervention > in my app. I was able to do this using the Google example here: > > http://code.google.com/p/google-mail-xoauth-tools/wiki/JavaSampleCode > > Note, though, that that sample code uses a Python script (xoauth.py) > to obtain the oauth_token and oauth_token_secret parameters in order > to be able to connect to the GMail servers. This involves running the > script, obtaining a verification URL which you then have to visit to > grant access to your "app", then supplying the script with the > verification code returned by Google and finally obtaining the > oauth_token and oauth_token_secret values. Of course, I want to be > able to do this in my app. > > In Android, one can obtain some sort of an authToken using > AccountManager.getAuthToken(). Following this > link:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6649388/android-accountmanager-aut..., > I have tried using that authTokenType value, but I never get an > auth_token_secret value back... After TONS of reading/searching, I > think the problem here is that the AccountManager method is returning > a ClientLogin authToken, whereas the sample implementation (first link > I gave) requires XOAuth tokens. So finally, the question: is there any > way to get from the ClientLogin token returned by the > AccountManager.getAuthToken(...) method to the XOAuth tokens used by > the sample app? > > This (http://groups.google.com/group/google-accounts-api/browse_thread/ > thread/df3a6382a01d73ab) claims that it is a matter of using an > appropriate URL. I have not been able to get this to work. > > This (http://blog.doityourselfandroid.com/2010/11/10/oauth-flow-in- > android-app/) explains how to get the OAuth tokens as part of your > Android app... But the whole point of me wanting to use AccountManager > is so that users of my app don't have to enter their password into the > app... > > This (http://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/source/browse/ > tasks-android-sample/src/main/java/com/google/api/services/samples/ > tasks/android/TasksSample.java?repo=samples) shows how to use the > AccountManager.getAuthToken(...) token to access a different Google > API (Tasks). But again, I'm using the *Google provided* sample for > Mail... And that seems to require something other than the ClientLogin > credentials returned by AccountManager. > > I realize this is sort of a long, involved question. But after lots of > looking, I'm hoping someone can help. > > Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
