How to maintain session in android?

Question

Can anybody tell me how to maintain session for a user login. For example when the user sign- in to an application they have to be signed in unless the user logouts or unin

Answer 1

You can achieve this by using AccountManager.

Code Sample

// method to add account..
private void addAccount(String username, String password) {
    AccountManager accnt_manager = AccountManager
            .get(getApplicationContext());

    Account[] accounts = accnt_manager
            .getAccountsByType(getString(R.string.account_type)); // account name identifier.

    if (accounts.length > 0) {
        return;
    }

    final Account account = new Account(username,
            getString(R.string.account_type));

    accnt_manager.addAccountExplicitly(account, password, null);

    final Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.putExtra(AccountManager.KEY_ACCOUNT_NAME, username);
    intent.putExtra(AccountManager.KEY_PASSWORD, password);
    intent.putExtra(AccountManager.KEY_ACCOUNT_TYPE,
            getString(R.string.account_type));
    // intent.putExtra(AccountManager.KEY_AUTH_TOKEN_LABEL,
    // PARAM_AUTHTOKEN_TYPE);
    intent.putExtra(AccountManager.KEY_AUTHTOKEN, "token");
    this.setAccountAuthenticatorResult(intent.getExtras());
    this.setResult(RESULT_OK, intent);
    this.finish();
}

// method to retrieve account.
private boolean validateAccount() {
    AccountManagerCallback callback = new AccountManagerCallback() {

        @Override
        public void run(AccountManagerFuture arg0) {
            Log.e("calback", "msg");

            try {
                Bundle b = arg0.getResult();
                if (b.getBoolean(AccountManager.KEY_ACCOUNT_MANAGER_RESPONSE)) {
                    //User account exists!!..
                }    
            } catch (OperationCanceledException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (AuthenticatorException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    };

    AccountManager accnt_manager = AccountManager
            .get(getApplicationContext());

    Account[] accounts = accnt_manager
            .getAccountsByType(getString(R.string.account_type));

    if (accounts.length <= 0) {
        return false;
    } else {
        loginNameVal = accounts[0].name;
        loginPswdVal = accnt_manager.getPassword(accounts[0]);
        return true;
    }
}