[TIMOB-4220] Android: Support AccountManager for Authentication

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	New Feature
Priority	Low
Status	Open
Resolution	Unresolved
Affected Version/s	Release 1.7.0
Fix Version/s	n/a
Components	Android
Labels	insight
Reporter	Dawson Toth
Assignee	Ingo Muschenetz
Created	2011-05-25T12:14:32.000+0000
Updated	2015-04-13T20:11:18.000+0000

Description

Feature

To support authentication against various third party APIs without the need for social media plugins (oauth, etc), expose the AccountManager through Titanium namespaces.

Documentation

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accounts/AccountManager.html

Associated Helpdesk Ticket

http://appc.me/c/APP-854334

Comments

Allan Brazute 2012-03-08

+1 for this
Rainer Schleevoigt 2014-06-07

+1 for this
Zarir Bhesania 2014-09-04

It is becoming a very commonly used authentication method. Please add this in the new release.
Rainer Schleevoigt 2014-09-04

I don't see the realization: I have tested (recompiled) a couple of apps (facebook, twitter, skype …) In the most apps the function getToken (or similare) is not implemented (causes an error) or is an empty tunction and returns null.

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