SecurityException when trying to add an account

Question

I\'m experimenting with Android AccountManager.

I have an Account authentication service that shows UI to enter username/password.

I go to Setti

Answer 1

Thanks to @imran khan, I discovered that my constant value didn't match "exactly" what was in the authenticator XML definition

Answer 2

In my case I accidently defined AuthenticatorService in the Manifest outside the <application> tags. Moving the declaration inside <application> fixed the issue. Hope will help someone.

Answer 3

Seems obvious, but you will also see this error if your authenticator service has not been defined in AndroidManifest.xml. For example:

<service android:name="your.AuthService">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.accounts.AccountAuthenticator" />
    </intent-filter>
    <meta-data android:name="android.accounts.AccountAuthenticator"
         android:resource="@xml/authenticator" />
</service>

Answer 4

In my case, I got this error when I ran two different flavors on the same device. The second one was trying to access the same account as the first, which caused the error.