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Re: [Storagesync] Storagesync Digest, Vol 5, Issue 1

Sebastian Kippe <sebastian@kip.pe> Fri, 04 December 2015 22:24 UTC

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Hi,

> As far as I know the OAuth authentication flow works in client-side web
> applications, have you managed to use such mechanism in your non-web
> project ? That would be a really interesting achievement. Maybe this is
> the cause why remoteStorage does not mention non-web apps in their
> abstract.

There are many programs doing this in some way today, usually involving
a Web View component of some kind. Check out Gnome Online Accounts for
example. Or many Android apps. In fact, the remoteStorage.js library has
support for doing it in Cordova apps via the in-app-browser plugin.

Cheers,
Sebastian

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