Using the one-time-code flow with Google+ Sign-in
OAuth v2 background In this post, I’m going to assume that you understand a little bit about the traditional OAuth v2 flows for authorization. If you haven’t already checked it out, you can get acclimated hands-on through the OAuth2 playground….
Google+ Tricks: Hacking the Sign-in button behavior
Before continuing, I want to emphasize that this is not a best practice. You should be using the Google+ Sign-in Button as intended. Signing in to an application with Google should do just that – if you sign out of…
Mirroring Android UI for screencasts and demos
Here you can see me mirroring an Android device screen on a laptop: From time to time, I need to demonstrate an Android application or concept and it’s much better to show it on a laptop or projector screen as…
PhotoHunt: An example of social graph integration
If you are unfamiliar with the PhotoHunt application, you can read the Java server overview here and can download the app from the Google+ GitHub page. I’m going to share some ideas in this post that have been coming up…
Selectively rendering interactive posts
In some rare cases, it makes sense to render interactive posts selectively, falling back to the share button. For example, you might want to do this when your uses could be fickel enough to drop off when prompted to sign…
My thoughts on Google+ Sign-In
Before continuing, I want to remind you, dear reader, that this blog represents my personal opinions and is not the official word from Google. With that out of the way, let’s talk about Google+ Sign-In. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is…
Google+ platform launch roundup
Whew! What a week! Google+ sign-in has been an exciting launch so far and we’re just getting started! If you’re new to the Google+ platform launch, you can learn more from the Google+ developers blog, Introducing Google+ Sign-in : simple…