Live SDK - Try to Sign In without SignInButton

Question

Is there any way to login to Live for an App (Silverlight, WP7 can) without having to click on SignIn button.

I want to log me dynamically, for example: when you start t

Answer 1

Thanks for the code example - helped me come up with the update version of code for Windows Phone 8, etc. :)

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using System.Windows;
using Microsoft.Live;

public class LiveLogin : PhoneApplicationPage
{
    private static readonly string[] _scopes =
        new[] { 
        "wl.signin", 
        "wl.basic", 
        "wl.calendars", 
        "wl.calendars_update", 
        "wl.contacts_calendars", 
        "wl.events_create" };

    private LiveConnectClient _connection;
    private LiveLoginResult _login;

    public LiveLogin()
    {
        this.Loaded += this.OnLoaded;
    }

    private async void OnLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs routedEventArgs)
    {
        //----------------------------------------------------------------------
        // Login to skydrive
        //----------------------------------------------------------------------
        await SkydriveLogin();
    }

    private async Task SkydriveLogin()
    {
        try
        {
            //----------------------------------------------------------------------
            // Initialize our auth client with the client Id for our specific application
            //----------------------------------------------------------------------
            LiveAuthClient authClient = new LiveAuthClient("**your client id here**");

            //----------------------------------------------------------------------
            // Using InitializeAsync we can check to see if we already have an connected session
            //----------------------------------------------------------------------
            _login = await authClient.InitializeAsync(_scopes);

            //----------------------------------------------------------------------
            // If not connected, bring up the login screen on the device
            //----------------------------------------------------------------------
            if (_login.Status != LiveConnectSessionStatus.Connected)
            {
                _login = await authClient.LoginAsync(_scopes);
            }

            //----------------------------------------------------------------------
            // Initialize our connection client with our login result
            //----------------------------------------------------------------------
            _connection = new LiveConnectClient(_login.Session);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            //TODO: Add connection specific exception handling
        }
    }
}