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Questions tagged [accounts]

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Prevent users from starting multiple accounts?

I know that in the end it, can't be done. But, what are the options to:   a) limit the options for persons to create multiple accounts,   b) increase the chance of detecting multiple accounts / person for a blog-like web service? (people can…
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Google Sign-In, Database Side

I've read about using Google to handle sign-ins from this website, but it doesn't explain very much about what should be going on with the database. Normally for user accounts in a database you'd have fields like id, username, password, etc. From…
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SyncAdapter not being called depending on order of Account setup calls

I've come across some slightly odd behaviour with my SyncAdapter. The first time I install my app (after uninstalling with adb), it launches and creates an account. Depending on the ordering of some statements (see below), my SyncAdapter's…
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Why doesn't my android custom account show in "Accounts and Settings"?

I have implemented a custom account for an app I'm working on. Here is my authenticator.xml:
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Show settings under accounts & sync menu for android app

I am implementing a syncadapter for an android app and would like to make the settings for the account available under the "Accounts & sync" menu. I have seen this done in the DropBox app(as shown below), but I have not been able to find…
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Permissions Not Working

I've been having some odd problems with permission in Android. I am trying to just get a list of the google calendars a particular user has, but first I need to let them pick the account. I included this line in my manifest:
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Can't log in to PayPal sandbox account

I am trying to log into a PayPal sandbox account for testing purposes. But, I am continually met with the same error: "We're sorry, something went wrong during sandbox account linking. Please try again." Here are the steps to replicate the issue…
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List supported authorites for selected accounts

I'm trying to develop an application which syncs only selected accounts using ContentResolver.requestSync(account, authority, extras);. I was able to sync contacts and calendar by using com.android.contacts and com.android.calendar respectively as…
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Is it possible to override the Accounts & Sync 'Remove Account' functionality

I am working on application which has a sync adapter and authenticator used to add accounts via the Android Account Manager. I've got the following two problems: 1) It was possible to override the 'Add Account' button's functionality in Accounts &…
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Get account ID of connected stripe account

When I run a test for connecting a user to accept payments through my application, I will need the account id to charge their account. Stripe\Token::create( array("customer" => CUSTOMER_ID, "card" => CARD_ID), array("stripe_account" =>…
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Where does Android Account Manager store account specific preferences?

I've been successful in creating various account authenticators / services each with their own preference.xml. These preferences are persistent but I do not know where on the phone they are stored. I've scoured the phone using adb but I can't seem…
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Creating user with no password in Meteor

I have a unique user creation flow which is as follows: User comes to my site for the first time and they click a button. I create a User in the DB for them and set a localStorage key with the UID. Use goes about creating data and I save the data…
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How to start activity Manage Accounts / Sync Settings on Android?

What intent to start to show Manage Accounts / Sync Settings activity? What is the easiest way to lookup intents for such system activities? SOLUTION: Thanks to hint from @cant0na, to start Manage Accounts activity: new…
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Meteor Accounts Resume Token "Remember Me"

I'm building a Meteor + Cordova app where I want sign-in to "stick forever" on the mobile device. I see the following tutorial whereby I can setup my own custom "resume…
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how to prevent users from create multiple accounts on free-daily limited service

The idea is we have a website for free downloads but there will be daily limit of daily downloads for each user (say 5 dl per day per user) so there will be users with multiple accounts. IP detection is not good; cause I have many users from one…
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