Constant sign in irritation

[KraigVR]

Got a question for the android boffs ... like Toby :-)

Everytime I check a story link from twitter, and it opens in my browser, and want to share a story. Or if I go to gmail via browser, it always asks for login and password.

My question is... is there no way to save login information to phone somewhere, so that when you view and want to share it picks up login details for the respective account?

eg. Obviously I'm logged into my gmail account with the device and tweetdeck, facebook and twitter app have my details saved. Could those details be extracted and saved so when the browser wants details it just grabs it from the saved details file?

GT-i9100 / CyanogenMod7 / 2.3.5

[TobyK]

That is a great question! Some background info:

- the Accounts & Sync sections stores login credentials for apps. They can be reused by other apps, e.g. Google Plus asks for pemission to access your gmail credentials.
- no browser I know of currently integrates with these account credentials. Even if they did, they would have to somehow link the site with the correct account (or ask the user to do this)
- browsers can however store cookies (hence not needing you to login each time), so if you tick the 'remember me' on login on most sites, that will do the trick
- browsers can also save your username and password into its own store. It will normally ask you when you login if you want it to store the credentials. I sometimes allow this for convenience.

So in short, browsers won't use the apps login credentials (although it would be awesome if they did for popular apps like twitter, facebook, linkedin, etc). There is no technical limitation there. You can however use browser cookies or password storage, or look into password mangers like LastPass (search market for password manager). I am actually gonna try a few now to see if they are any good.

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[KraigVR]

Awesome. Thanks for the response Toby. Will check out some of those apps.

GT-i9100 / CyanogenMod7 / 2.3.5

[KraigVR]

Not having any luck with any of the free pwd managers...

GT-i9100 / CyanogenMod7 / 2.3.5

[RaZeaL]

On the stock browser for the Transformer, I could save my facebook details. Most sites that ask me to log in, I can use my FB details and it does it automatically. I only have to accept it.

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[TobyK]

Yep I tried a few free password managers and they require you to unlock and then copy and paste data into the browser. Way too inconvenient for my liking. Rather just enable cookies and get the sites to remember you. The downside is the lack of security if your device gets stolen or into the wrong hands...

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