1page.title=Remembering Users 2page.tags=privacy,oauth,accounts 3 4trainingnavtop=true 5startpage=true 6 7@jd:body 8 9 10<div id="tb-wrapper"> 11<div id="tb"> 12 13<h2>Requirements and prerequisites</h2> 14<ul> 15 <li>Android 2.0 (API level 5) or higher</li> 16 <li>Experience with <a href="{@docRoot}guide/components/services.html">Services</a></li> 17 <li>Experience with <a href="http://oauth.net/2/">OAuth 2.0</a></li> 18</ul> 19 20<h2>You should also read</h2> 21<ul> 22 <li><a 23href="http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/index.html"> 24SampleSyncAdapter app</a></li> 25</ul> 26 27</div> 28</div> 29 30 31<p>Android users get attached to their devices and to applications that they 32love. One way to make your application lovable is to make it personal. Android 33devices know who your user is, what services they have access to, and where they 34store your data. With your user's permission, you can use that information to 35make your application a richer, more personal experience.</p> 36 37<p>In this class, you will learn multiple techniques for interacting with your 38user's identity, enabling you to:</p> 39 40<ul> 41<li>Personalize your app by remembering users by their account name(s) 42<li>Authenticate the user to make sure they are who they say they are 43<li>Gain permission to access the user's online data via services like 44the Google APIs 45<li>Add a custom account to the user's device to authenticate your own 46back-end services 47</ul> 48 49 50<h2>Lessons</h2> 51 52<dl> 53 <dt><b><a href="identify.html">Remembering Your User</a></b></dt> 54 <dd>Use {@link android.accounts.AccountManager} to learn the user's account name(s).</dd> 55 56 <dt><b><a href="authenticate.html">Authenticating to OAuth2 Services</a></b></dt> 57 <dd> Use OAuth2 to help users get permission to access web services without needing to type in a 58login name or password. </dd> 59 60 <dt><b><a href="custom_auth.html">Creating a Custom Account Type</a></b></dt> 61 <dd>Add your own account type to the Android Account Manager.</dd> 62 63</dl> 64 65