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amurcia
amurcia

Reputation: 791

iPhone - Add an email account from my app

I want to add an email account from code in the list of accounts to use it later in my app (like iCloud or Gmail accounts). It is possible???

Thank you for advance.

EDIT:

I found the ACAccount class, with this class I will do that??

EDIT 2:

Now, I'm saving the user and password in the keychain. This is a good alternative or no?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 121

Answers (2)

Volker
Volker

Reputation: 4660

It is not possible on a non jailbreaked iOS device. This has to be done by the user manually.

Edit: If you have gained user and password from the user (legs way) storing it in the keychain is the optimal procedure.

Upvotes: 3

Zack
Zack

Reputation: 46

As Volker stated, you can't do it on a non jailbroken device.

The ACAccount class that you refer to is mostly used to get/store credential from a previously configured Facebook, Twitter, Sina Weibo, Trecent Weibo account in your iPhone, which is not the case.

Apple can't grant access to Mail account both read/write. You can only send an email within your code, by using the Message UI framework. A valid example on how to use it can be found here.

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 2

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