Xamarin Auth account store - xamarin

Question

I'm trying to implement Xamairn Auth with my app. I've installed the nuget package from https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xamarin.Auth.
Following their example I have the following code in the shared project.
public void SaveCredentials (string userName, string password)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace (userName) && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace (password)) {
Account account = new Account {
Username = userName
};
account.Properties.Add ("Password", password);
AccountStore.Create ().Save (account, App.AppName);
}
}
When run on android, it saves the username and password but I'm getting the following message in the console:
"This version is insecure, because of default password.
Please use version with supplied password for AccountStore.
AccountStore.Create(Contex, string) or AccountStore.Create(string);"
I tried passing a parameter to the AccountStore.Create() method but it doesn't seem to take one. Something like this:
#if ANDROID
_accountStore = AccountStore.Create(Application.Context);
#else
_accountStore = AccountStore.Create();
#endif
Do I need to write android specific code to extend the create method.

Answer 1

I understand why you deleted the non-answer, I thought that would show interest in the question. I guess I should have upvoted the question instead. Anyways, here's the answer I found.
You can't use the PCL version for android. It doesn't have an option to add a password. I used the android specific version. Will call it using dependency service.
Here's an example:
Account account = null;
try
{
//account = AccountStore.Create(Application.ApplicationContext, "System.Char[]").FindAccountsForService("My APP").FirstOrDefault();
var aStore = AccountStore.Create(Application.ApplicationContext, "myownpassword");
// save test
account = aStore.FindAccountsForService(Constants.AppName).FirstOrDefault();
if (account == null)
account = new Account();
account.Username = "bobbafett";
account.Properties["pswd"] = "haha";
aStore.Save(account, Constants.AppName);
// delete test, doesn't seem to work, account is still found
var accts = aStore.FindAccountsForService(Constants.AppName);
int howMany = accts.ToList().Count;
foreach (var acct in accts)
{
aStore.Delete(acct, Constants.AppName);
}
account = aStore.FindAccountsForService(Constants.AppName).FirstOrDefault();
}
catch (Java.IO.IOException ex)
{
// This part is not invoked anymore once I use the suggested password.
int i1 = 123;
}

Answer 2

I was able to get it to work by implementing a getAccountStore method in android which has an option to add a password, then use DependencyService to call it.
public AccountStore GetAccountStore()
{
try
{
var acctStore = AccountStore.Create(Application.Context, "somePassword");
return acctStore;
}
catch (Java.IO.IOException ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
Then in your pcl project call it as such:
if (Device.RuntimePlatform == Device.Android)
_accountStore = DependencyService.Get<IAccountStoreHelper>().GetAccountStore();
else
_accountStore = AccountStore.Create();