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TimB-Dev
Helpful | Level 5
9 years ago

Authorization web page not redirecting back to my app in Android

In our Android app, I am having an issue where the dropbox.com authorize web page does not redirect back to our app when the user clicks the Allow button.  I wrote a sample app and the OAuth2 flow wo...
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TimB-Dev's avatar
TimB-Dev
Helpful | Level 5
9 years ago

Just to follow up... Setting the taskAffinity property in the manifest for the dropbox AuthActivity seemed to fix the problem.  The oauth flow is now able to relaunch our app.  I also set excludeFromRecents to true which cleared up another issue but could be involved here as well.

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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

Thanks! I'm glad to hear you were able to track that down.

 

Drageniix If you're still seeing this, can you try that as well?

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    Drageniix
    Explorer | Level 4
    9 years ago
    Can confirm this fixes the issue, thanks Tim!

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