Questions tagged [account]

Account allows a user to authenticate (does not imply authorization) to system services and be granted authorization to access them;. To log into an account, a user is typically required to authenticate oneself with a password or other credentials for the purposes of accounting, security, logging, and resource management.

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How to add a GitHub account in Android Studio Artic Fox

After updating to latest IDE. Android Studio Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 I wanted to sync my project which has been updated, with the one on my GitHub account. I tried connecting to my account based on this…
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Can't access preferences set in account-authenticator in Android

I'm settings a preference in a checkbox via an account-authenticator: Intent settingsIntent = new Intent("android.settings.ACCOUNT_SYNC_SETTINGS"); settingsIntent.putExtra("account", mActiveAccount); startActivityForResult(settingsIntent,…
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Android SecurityException: uid xxxxx cannot explicitly add accounts

I receive the error message java.lang.SecurityException: uid 10178 cannot explicitly add accounts of type: net.roughdesign.swms even with the most basic example I could create. It consists of: Account configuration account type in…
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How to create a developer provisioning profile request in iOS Enterprise Account?

We have iOS Enterprise Account. Right now we want to add a developer to our team, and the developer will create a developer provisioning profile. The problem is the new added developer doesn't see the Provisioning Profile tag in his apple account.…
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Add Custom Contact row in Phonebook like Whatsapp

Basically what I need to achieve is very clear but I am having many doubts in my implementation. I went through R & D about this topic but didn't find satisfied answer. Hope you guys will understand me and help me further. So here is screen shot for…
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How to enable synchronization of custom account in android?

I am writing my own SyncAdapter for android devices that should synchronize TV broadcast information to the device but ran into problem of not getting the Synchronize "mydata" checkbox visible under Data & Synchronization part of the account…
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GitHub username change (with noreply as email for commits)

I saw that GitHub had a name change feature, and the loss seemed not very problematic for me. However, I realized after the fact that I had been using my old name's @users.noreply.github.com to commit and everything. So, that old email had all my…
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add Account(settings) method doesn't start Activity

I want to create custom app account in settings. Problems There is an option with icon in settings > Add account but no name When click on that(Add account), AuthenticatorActivity doesn't start. I debug Authenticator class, addAccount method is…
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Database of bank accounts

I'm creating a database for a 'bank' and was just unsure as to whether my method of attaching accounts to customers was the most efficient. Here are a few of the enterprise rules: -there are 2 types of account (current and savings) -each account…
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Android: delete account if the user clears application data

I have an Android application that uses Accounts to synchronize data with my server. Yesterday I noticed that, if I click Clear Data in Settings->Apps->My App, the application data is removed but the user account isn't. This leads to consistency…
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AccountPicker.newChooseAccountIntent does not display picker if there are no accounts

I am trying to make the users choose from a list of custom accounts of the same type using an AccountPicker. Intent pickAccountIntent = AccountPicker.newChooseAccountIntent(null, null, new String[]{"com.home.customapp"}, true, null, null, null,…
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how to add contact group to my own account in Android 4.2

I'm developing an Android account app. Now I can add my own account in Android. But when I open the Contacts app and switch to group pager, it shows me "No groups. To create groups you need an account.". So how to let android know my account can add…
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Cannot add user to Jenkins (Hudson)

I installed stand alone Jenkins installer. It is available on localhost:8080. But I cannot understand how to add new account to it. I tried "Configure Jenkinks" -> "enable security" and etc. from…
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Github - I switched accounts and now I can't push because I have the wrong username

So I'm now "jononomo" on github. A year ago, however, I was "zononomo". I quit software for a while and bought a new laptop in the interim. Then I came back and created a new account on Github under the handle "jononomo" and now I'm trying to…
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How to configure Outlook account via C#?

Need to configure email, name, mail server and other by c#. How do I do this without using Outlook Redemption?
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