How to remember the login in MVC5 when an external provider is used

Question

In our MVC5-application with OWIN, we use additional to the local accounts also external logins (google). When the user logs in with its local account, he can activate the o

Answer 1

To follow up on what Hao Kung suggested.

You will find the line of code in question in the accountController.cs file. The default function is:

private async Task SignInAsync(ApplicationUser user, bool isPersistent)
    {
        AuthenticationManager.SignOut(DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ExternalCookie);
        var identity = await UserManager.CreateIdentityAsync(user, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);
        AuthenticationManager.SignIn(new AuthenticationProperties() { IsPersistent = isPersistent}, identity);
    }

To enable the remember me functionality with all external providers, change the line:

AuthenticationManager.SignIn(new AuthenticationProperties() { IsPersistent = isPersistent}, identity);

by changing the isPersistent varible to the constant true:

AuthenticationManager.SignIn(new AuthenticationProperties() { IsPersistent = true}, identity);