I'm trying to login into my application using GoogleAccountCredential for the authentication:
mGoogleAccountCredential = GoogleAccountCredential.usingOAuth2(context, Arrays.asList(Scopes.EMAIL, Scopes.PLUS_LOGIN));
mGoogleAccountCredential.setSelectedAccountName(accountName);
String token = mGoogleAccountCredential.getToken();
It works just fine on real devices, but on the android emulator mGoogleAccountCredential.getToken()
fails with the following exception:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: the name must not be empty: null
03-01 19:41:31.604 3203-3361/com.myapp W/System.err: at android.accounts.Account.<init>(Account.java:48)
03-01 19:41:31.604 3203-3361/com.myapp W/System.err: at com.google.android.gms.auth.GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(Unknown Source)
03-01 19:41:31.604 3203-3361/com.myapp W/System.err: at com.google.api.client.googleapis.extensions.android.gms.auth.GoogleAccountCredential.getToken(GoogleAccountCredential.java:255)
GoogleApiAvailability.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(context)
returns 0)accountName
is set and correct when passed to the setSelectedAccountName
(set to "[email protected]"
)Any clue why isn't it working on the emulator?
UPD:
After digging a bit in Google's code: the issue occurs in setSelectedAccountName(accountName)
method. This method asks GoogleAccountManager
to give him an account associated with the given account name. If there is no such an account, the account name is being set to null
:
public final GoogleAccountCredential setSelectedAccountName(String accountName) {
selectedAccount = accountManager.getAccountByName(accountName);
// check if account has been deleted
this.accountName = selectedAccount == null ? null : accountName;
return this;
}
AccountManager
, in turn, goes over all the existing account and compares their names to the given account name. If there is a match, the appropriate account is returned:
public Account getAccountByName(String accountName) {
if (accountName != null) {
for (Account account : getAccounts()) {
if (accountName.equals(account.name)) {
return account;
}
}
}
return null;
}
public Account[] getAccounts() {
return manager.getAccountsByType("com.google");
}
The thing is that getAccounts()
returns empty array on the emulator. On a real device, however, it returns a proper list.
Well, as always things are easier than they seem.
Thanks to this post and to b1izzar for pointing to the right answer.
All the real devices I checked on are running Android 5.1 Lollipop.
All the emulators I checked on are running Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
On Marshmallow, i.e. on my emulator, it's not enough to specify GET_ACCOUNTS
permission in manifest. It is mandatory to request this permission at runtime with a specific code:
Request permissions:
// Here, thisActivity is the current activity if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(thisActivity, Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) { // Should we show an explanation? if (ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(thisActivity, Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS)) { // Show an expanation to the user *asynchronously* -- don't block // this thread waiting for the user's response! After the user // sees the explanation, try again to request the permission. } else { // No explanation needed, we can request the permission. ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(thisActivity, new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS}, MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_READ_CONTACTS); // MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_READ_CONTACTS is an // app-defined int constant. The callback method gets the // result of the request. } }
Note: in Marshmallow GET_ACCOUNTS
, WRITE_CONTACTS
and READ_CONTACTS
permissions are in the same permission group, so once READ_CONTACTS
is granted, GET_ACCOUNTS
is granted as well.
Note 2: in Android Nougat GET_ACCOUNTS
is deprecated, so it makes sense to use READ_CONTACTS
instead of GET_ACCOUNT
even in Marshmallow.
Perhaps the emulator is running an older version of Google Services. It appears that the latest version would throw GoogleAuthException as opposed to IllegalArgumentException.
API Doc
public String getToken()
throws IOException,
com.google.android.gms.auth.GoogleAuthException
Returns an OAuth 2.0 access token.
Must be run from a background thread, not the main UI thread.
Throws:
IOException
com.google.android.gms.auth.GoogleAuthException
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