Infinite “Choose an account” loop when using Google Drive API

Question

I\'m trying to set up an Android app that can manipulate files stored on my personal Google Drive account using the guidelines at Google Drive REST API Overview.

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Answer 1

I got the exact same problem, in my case the loop was due to the fact that I did not create my credentials for my app...

The details are described here: https://developers.google.com/drive/android/get-started

You must retrieve your SHA-1 keys for both the debug and production environments and add them in your credentials in the Google Developers Console as described in the guide.

Once I added these credentials, the loop stopped right away.