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raymondc
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5 years ago
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Andriod App to Only use short tokens

Hello,   All this is quite new to me but I've read many post regarding new workflow. Thus, sorry if what I am saying makes no sense.   I've read that using startOAuth2PKCE uses the new flow. ...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    5 years ago

    No, the authorization functionality for Android in the Java SDK automatically requests "offline" access (i.e., to retrieve a refresh token), and doesn't offer the ability to configure that. I'll pass this along as a feature request, but I can't promise if or when that might be implemented.

     

    (For reference, the DbxWebAuth functionality does offer the ability to specify the token type, but that's not meant or built for use on Android.)

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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

No, the authorization functionality for Android in the Java SDK automatically requests "offline" access (i.e., to retrieve a refresh token), and doesn't offer the ability to configure that. I'll pass this along as a feature request, but I can't promise if or when that might be implemented.

 

(For reference, the DbxWebAuth functionality does offer the ability to specify the token type, but that's not meant or built for use on Android.)

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    raymondc
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    Thank you for the quick reply.

     

    One more question.

     

    If I use this version of startOAuth2PKCE with scope set to null

    public static void startOAuth2PKCE(Context context, String appKey,
                                                     DbxRequestConfig requestConfig) {

    Would this gives all permissions to do anything in dropbox(upload, download,...)?

     

     

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      5 years ago

      If you don't specify "scope", it will default to requesting the set of scopes enabled for your app (on the App Console) at the time of authorization.

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        raymondc
        New member | Level 2
        5 years ago

        Thanks for the clarifications.

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