UserRecoverableAuthException: NeedPermission

Question

I tried to follow tutorial: https://developers.google.com/android/guides/http-auth. Code: ``` token = GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(getApplicationContext(), mEmail, mScope); ``` Manifest: ```

``` Errors: ``` 01-17 18:37:38.230: W/System.err(3689): com.google.android.gms.auth.UserRecoverableAuthException: NeedPermission 01-17 18:37:38.230: W/System.err(3689): at com.google.android.gms.auth.GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(Unknown Source) 01-17 18:37:38.230: W/System.err(3689): at com.google.android.gms.auth.GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(Unknown Source) 01-17 18:37:38.230: W/System.err(3689): at com.example.mgoogleauth.MainActivity$GetIOStreamTask.doInBackground(MainActivity.java:39) 01-17 18:37:38.230: W/System.err(3689): at com.example.mgoogleauth.Main…

Accepted Answer

Try following the Drive quickstart for Android, it is a step-by-step guide showing how to authorize and upload a file to Drive: https://developers.google.com/drive/quickstart-android

To be more specific, it looks like you are not catching the UserRecoverableException and triggering the intent to have the user authorize the app. This is documented in the Google Play Services docs you linked and handled in the quickstart sample as follows:

```
...
} catch (UserRecoverableAuthIOException e) {
  startActivityForResult(e.getIntent(), REQUEST_AUTHORIZATION);
}
... 
```

UserRecoverableAuthException: NeedPermission

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