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-authtoken-and-oauth, 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 [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
