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Sam Stern
Sam Stern

Reputation: 25134

CCA: Chrome identity pops up Account Chooser every time

I am making a Chrome/Android/iOS app using the cca toolchain. I am using the chrome.identity API to get an access_token to interact with Google APIs.

When I set interactive to false (immediate to true) the app is able to get the token without showing the permissions dialog again, but it still shows the account chooser every time on my Android device. This ruins the app experience because every time it is opened the user gets an annoying dialog. How can I make the app remember the chosen account after the first time, like it does with the permissions?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 170

Answers (1)

mbingo
mbingo

Reputation: 138

On Android, you can specify accountHint in the details argument of calls to getAuthToken. For example:

var details = { interactive: true, accountHint: '[email protected]' };
var callback = function(token, account) { ... };
chrome.identity.getAuthToken(details, callback);

This will bypass the account chooser dialog. Note that the callback has account, which can be stored for this purpose.

Unfortunately, this is Android-only; Chrome on desktop doesn't like it when you add extra stuff to details. You'll need to use chrome.runtime.getPlatformInfo to determine what platform you're running on, so that you can create and pass the right details object. On Android, platformInfo.os will be cordova-android.

Upvotes: 2

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