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UWP Webview and Token Authorization

UWP Webview and Token Authorization

nashworth
Helpful | Level 5

Since Dropbox has decided to nix support for Edge 18, which has made the UWP Webview control useless for authorization to get a token, is there a workable solution for UWP?

 

I have not found a way for a UWP app to launch the external browser, perform the OAuth2 flow, and then listen for the redirect URL in response to retrieve the token. I have examined this page, but it applies to WPF desktop apps or ASP web apps and the HttpListener does not work in UWP without special permissions or command lines:

 

https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-dotnet/html/T_Dropbox_Api_DropboxOAuth2Helper.htm

 

Is there ANY workable solution for a UWP app to authorize a user to get a token to upload/download files to Dropbox storage from a UWP app that works out of the box?

 

More information regarding the issues with Webview and Edge 18 I found here which confirms multiple users are being affected:

 

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-installs-integrations/Upgrade-your-browser-to-use-Dropbox/m-...

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Andrey K.1
Helpful | Level 5

Thanks, Greg. 

 

It really helps!

At last, are there any options to close a browser page https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize... with Cancel/Allow buttons after authorization? 

 

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff

Thanks for following up. No, unfortunately I don't believe there's a way to close that page. I'll send this along to the team to see if we can improve this in the future, but I can't make any promises.

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