Re:Trello Android App Available for Download
by thedufer on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @09:05PM
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This was not for lack of effort. You can only get OAuth creds from Google accounts on Android, and we use OpenID. If you have information otherwise, please tell us: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11347801/use-google-openi...
Re:Trello Android App Available for Download
by rogerbinns on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @10:33PM
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Updated.
My ulterior motive was to see if you had multi-account support. I have a work trello account and personal one, and needless to say the web experience is dreadful.
Re:Trello Android App Available for Download
by mdenny on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @08:38PM
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Many many Android users are terrified of apps that ask for AccountManager-related permissions, especially the Manage Accounts permission if an app wants to use Android to store their own credentials. Developers don't want to scare away people who are unsure about certain permissions.
Re:Trello Android App Available for Download
by rogerbinns on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @10:01PM
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The widely adopted solution is to explain permissions clearly (eg text in app description or link to a web page).
In this case I wasn't even talking about the Trello apps storing credentials in AccountManager - I meant it as a client of the AccountManager to let me use the existing credentials the device already knows.
Re:Trello Android App Available for Download
by tedunangst on Thursday August 09, 2012 @02:43AM
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Re:Trello Android App Available for Download
by ereckers on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @09:06PM
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Yup. I just downloaded it and signed in with my Trello account name. I was actually thinking to myself that it seemed like a really pleasant sign-in experience (they provided a nice list explaining permissions). I actually came away happy. Imagine that.
Android has AccountManager. It automatically integrates with the accounts on your device. If you ever present you own UI for a login screen then you are doing it very very wrong.
What should have happened is that on start when I said I wanted to use a Google account it should have shown me the accounts from AccountManager, and then I would have picked and authorised one. No need for passwords etc.