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donaldp
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6 years ago

Sign-in stuck on my laptop - works perfectly on PC

Have downloaded a bunch of code updates to my laptop,which is currently connected to the same router as my PC (so minimal difference in IP address) and when I try to signin my app to Dropbox it is ju...
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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

Thanks for the report! Based on your code though, I see that you're running this in a web view, which is not officially supported, per the /oauth2/authorize documentation. (Web views are more prone to issues like this, and are being disallowed by other providers anyway, such as Google, who we support as an sign-in provider for Dropbox.)

That being the case, please switch to using the system browser for the app authorization flow and let me know if you're still seeing any issues there.

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    donaldp
    Collaborator | Level 9
    6 years ago

    Hi Greg,

       Ok,  but that was how I was taught to do it and is the only way I know. Do you have some sample C#/.NET code for how to do it this other way? I don't see any in the link you gave me, nor any links within that.

     

    thanks,

      Donald.

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        donaldp
        Collaborator | Level 9
        5 years ago

        "A HttpListener is created to listen to the RedirectUri which will later receive redirect callback from the server. Start() is called to launch a native browser and navigate user to the authorize URI".

        Hmmm, I remember now trying to do this back in the beginning (because it was in your .NET code) and never succeeded in getting it working. Will have another look at it though. Thanks.

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