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How to use access token in Dropbox authentication in Android app
Hello. I'm trying to make an Android application that uses Dropbox. I managed to upload some files to Dropbox so that is working. But I would like to store the access token so that the user doesn't n...
So after you have authenticated (written your username and password) you run for example something like this in onResume that saves your accessToken to your preferences.
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
String accessToken="DEFAULT";
if (mDBApi.getSession().authenticationSuccessful()
&& !mDBApi.getSession().isLinked()) {
mDBApi.getSession().finishAuthentication();
accessToken = mDBApi.getSession()
.getOAuth2AccessToken();
SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences("my_settings", 0);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = settings.edit();
editor.putString("dropboxtoken", accessToken);
editor.commit();
}
}
Next time you start your app you run something like this:
SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences("my_settings", 0);
accessToken = settings.getString("dropboxtoken", "DEFAULT");
if(!accessToken.equals("DEFAULT")){
MyService.mDBApi.getSession().setOAuth2AccessToken(accessToken);
}
else {
// accesstoken was not stored so start authentication
}
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