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

One thing I can think of is that the value of setSelectedAccountName will default in to null if no PREF_ACCOUNT_NAME was retrieved, so this may contribute to the issue.

The only difference I can see that you did was how you instantiated the mCredential. Try to check out the Authorizing requests for Android (using GoogleApiClient instead of GoogleAccountCredential.