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Aurangzeb
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6 years ago

How to login to dropbox account from inside UWP app?

Hi.   I've moving my Xamarin app to UWP. In my Xamarin app I use this method of authentication https://gist.github.com/thomashagstrom/b0856a383bcdcf905c7a774c8c1b0879 The trick is  webView.Navi...
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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

evry1falls I'm not sure I understand your comment. The information in my comment does refer to using the OAuth 2 app authorization "token" flow to allow the end-user to connect the app to their own personal Dropbox account, including shared files, without giving their password to the app. Implementing the OAuth 2 app authorization flow to allow end-users to authorize the app is the intended design. 

 

If I understand correctly though, the original question was about how to migrate this flow from a webview in Xamarin to a webview in UWP, but I pointed out that it should actually be processed in the system browser, not a webview. 

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evry1falls
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6 years ago

I'm sorry if I seemed arguemental.

Im sure you know what you are talking about.

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