Android Google+ integration - repeated UserRecoverableAuthException

Question

We have contacted Google about this and we are on chat

The issue seems to be fixed for devices except Samsung phones.

I'm adding a Google+ sign in option to an app per the official instructions. Once the user has selected their account I would like my server to retrieve their Google+ profile info and update their profile on our site to match.

The first part - having the user select a Google account locally - seems to work just fine. When I try to request a token for the selected account, the Google auth dialog displays with the appropriate parameters; however, when I authorize the app using that dialog and re-request the token, GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(...) again throws a UserRecoverableAuthException (NeedPermission, not GooglePlayServicesAvailabilityException) and I get the same dialog asking me to approve!

This behavior is present on a Samsung S3 running Android 4.1.1 (with 3 Google accounts) and an Acer A100 running 4.0.3. It is NOT present on an HTC Glacier running 2.3.4. Instead, the HTC Glacier gives me a valid auth code. All devices have the latest iteration of Google Play Services installed and are using different Google+ accounts.

Anyone seen this before? Where can I start with debugging?

Here's the complete code - is anything obviously awry?

public class MyGooglePlusClient {
private static final String LOG_TAG = "GPlus";
private static final String SCOPES_LOGIN = Scopes.PLUS_LOGIN + " " + Scopes.PLUS_PROFILE;
private static final String ACTIVITIES_LOGIN = "http://schemas.google.com/AddActivity";
private static MyGooglePlusClient myGPlus = null;
private BaseActivity mRequestingActivity = null;
private String mSelectedAccount = null;

/**
 * Get the GPlus singleton
 * @return GPlus
 */
public synchronized static MyGooglePlusClient getInstance() {
    if (myGPlus == null)
        myGPlus = new MyGooglePlusClient();
    return myGPlus;
}

public boolean login(BaseActivity requester) {
    Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Starting login...");
    if (mRequestingActivity != null) {
        Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Login attempt already in progress.");
        return false; // Cannot launch a new request; already in progress
    }

    mRequestingActivity = requester;
    if (mSelectedAccount == null) {
        Intent intent = AccountPicker.newChooseAccountIntent(null, null, new String[]{GoogleAuthUtil.GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_TYPE}, false,
                null, GoogleAuthUtil.GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_TYPE, null, null);
        mRequestingActivity.startActivityForResult(intent, BaseActivity.REQUEST_GPLUS_SELECT);
    }
    return true;
}

public void loginCallback(String accountName) {
    mSelectedAccount = accountName;
    authorizeCallback();
}

public void logout() {
    Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Logging out...");
    mSelectedAccount = null;
}

public void authorizeCallback() {
    Log.w(LOG_TAG, "User authorized");

    AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> task = new AsyncTask<Void, Void, String>() {
        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
            String token = null;
            try {
                Bundle b = new Bundle();
                b.putString(GoogleAuthUtil.KEY_REQUEST_VISIBLE_ACTIVITIES, ACTIVITIES_LOGIN);
                token = GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(mRequestingActivity,
                        mSelectedAccount,
                        "oauth2:server:client_id:"+Constants.GOOGLE_PLUS_SERVER_OAUTH_CLIENT
                        +":api_scope:" + SCOPES_LOGIN,
                        b);
            } catch (IOException transientEx) {
                // Network or server error, try later
                Log.w(LOG_TAG, transientEx.toString());
                onCompletedLoginAttempt(false);
            } catch (GooglePlayServicesAvailabilityException e) {
                Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Google Play services not available.");
                Intent recover = e.getIntent();
                mRequestingActivity.startActivityForResult(recover, BaseActivity.REQUEST_GPLUS_AUTHORIZE);
            } catch (UserRecoverableAuthException e) {
                // Recover (with e.getIntent())
                Log.w(LOG_TAG, "User must approve "+e.toString());
                Intent recover = e.getIntent();
                mRequestingActivity.startActivityForResult(recover, BaseActivity.REQUEST_GPLUS_AUTHORIZE);
            } catch (GoogleAuthException authEx) {
                // The call is not ever expected to succeed
                Log.w(LOG_TAG, authEx.toString());
                onCompletedLoginAttempt(false);
            }

            Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Finished with task; token is "+token);
            if (token != null) {
                authorizeCallback(token);
            }

            return token;
        }

    };
    task.execute();
}

public void authorizeCallback(String token) {
    Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Token obtained: "+token);
    // <snipped - do some more stuff involving connecting to the server and resetting the state locally>
}

public void onCompletedLoginAttempt(boolean success) {
    Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Login attempt "+(success ? "succeeded" : "failed"));
    mRequestingActivity.hideProgressDialog();
    mRequestingActivity = null;
}
}

Answer 1

I've had this issue for a while and came up with a proper solution.

String token = GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(this, accountName, scopeString, appActivities);

This line will either return the one time token or will trigger the UserRecoverableAuthException. On the Google Plus Sign In guide, it says to open the proper recovery activity.

startActivityForResult(e.getIntent(), RECOVERABLE_REQUEST_CODE);

When the activity returns with the result, it will come back with few extras in the intent and that is where the new token resides :

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int responseCode, Intent intent) {
    if (requestCode == RECOVERABLE_REQUEST_CODE && responseCode == RESULT_OK) {
        Bundle extra = intent.getExtras();
        String oneTimeToken = extra.getString("authtoken");
    }
}

With the new oneTimeToken given from the extra, you can submit to the server to connect properly.

I hope this helps!