Android How to add/configure Exchange setting programmatically?

Question

Is it me or I can't find any example of how to add/configure Microsoft Exchange programatically?

It seems like

AccountManager ::

addAccount (String accountType, String authTokenType, String[] requiredFeatures, Bundle addAccountOptions, Activity activity, AccountManagerCallback<Bundle> callback, Handler handler)

should do the work. However, I can't figure out how for Microsoft Exchange account. Could you point me to a simple working example code?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Seems like it can't be done by applications.

you'll get the following exception:

ERROR/AndroidRuntime(442): Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: caller uid xxxxx is different than the authenticator's uid

you'll get this exception because the account manager verifies that the application that wrote the exchange authenticator (Google) is the same one that is creating the account. here's a post that explains AccountManager's logic in that case.

Answer 2

Android's AccountManager only adds sync based accounts, binding the provider and authenticator, helping authenticate credentials of the given account. Even after you would have taken care of the UID warning, you still need to populate the Exchange account settings properly, including those of sync look back etc. In short, you might need to be a system user app to work with the restricted content URI from email account.