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james b.91
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9 years ago

Android SDK saved access token fails

When I authenticate my application using OAuth2 method it works fine and I am able to save the token. However, when I reopen the application and try to use the saved token, the authentication always ...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

Can you share a sample failing request and response? (Redact part of the access token to be safe though.)

If you're using the OAuth 2 "code" flow, one thing we sometimes see is that the app saves the authorization code instead of the access token. The access token is re-usable, but the authorization code isn't. (The authorization code is the string that you get first and then exchange for an access token.)

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