How to integrate Gmail login in Android application?

Question

What is the correct way to embed a Gmail login in an Android app?

https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/quickstart/quickstart-java
or
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2013/10/google-account-integration-in-android-login-with-gmail.html

I want to provide a Gmail login to get user credentials. Someone please help me.

Answer 1

Official Guide: Google Login

Also look at this very good demo tutorial. Follow the instructions to enable google login from the developer console and download the code. AndroidHive to sign in to Google+

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

You want to use a Google account, not a Gmail account. See Log in with Google for the REST API and the attached example.

Answer 3

If you use eclipse, you can use the sample example provided by Google itself.

Navigation

• Create a new project

  New project for Android → Android 5.0.1 → auth> gau [Google Play Services, rev 22]

Go through it.