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Mark R.5
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4 years ago

Migrating to refresh token on Android - Sample not working

Hi. I am in the process of migrating from long lived tokens, to refresh tokens for offline access. I haven't made any changes in the App Console yet, I'm just trying to get a proof of concept, by lin...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    4 years ago

    Are you using an app key for an app that hasn't been migrated to scopes yet? This can occur if so. (Apologies for the unhelpful error messages!) In order to set scopes during the app authorization flow like this, you'll need to use an app key for an app that is set to use scopes.

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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

Are you using an app key for an app that hasn't been migrated to scopes yet? This can occur if so. (Apologies for the unhelpful error messages!) In order to set scopes during the app authorization flow like this, you'll need to use an app key for an app that is set to use scopes.

  • Mark R.5's avatar
    Mark R.5
    Helpful | Level 5
    4 years ago
    Ok, that’s fixed it. Thanks!

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