Android Suite 4.4.1 Beta Release

The release notes mention single sign in, but some of you may not know what that means, so here's a more detailed explanation.

First thing you'll notice is a few new permissions (the screen you see will look different if you update from Google Play):

All of these permissions are needed for the new single sign in feature and are only used to modify "Faithlife" accounts on the system. None of your other accounts (Google, etc) are used by our code (in fact, you would see a very obvious alert if we tried to access any of your other accounts).

When you update to the new beta, we will add your account as a special "Faithlife" account type in the Android account system on your device. If you check the "Settings" screen on your device, you should see something like this:

When you tap on "Faithlife", you'll see something like this (obviously with your email address):

Note that while, this screen says "Sync", it's not actually related to your sync data...that's just what Android chooses to put there. [:)]

If you install a second Reader Suite app (in my example, Vyrso), when you tap the sign in button, instead of seeing the normal sign in form, you'll see this:

If you tap your existing account, you'll be immediately logged in and won't need to enter your email and password again. Tapping "Use a different account", the normal sign in form will appear and you can add a different account. If you DO add a second account, the system settings screen will look a bit different:

Here, the system tells us that "Sync is OFF", but that isn't true. We have not currently integrated with Android's sync system, so Android thinks there is nothing to sync and gives this message. You don't need to worry, your data will still sync properly. [:)]

Clicking on one of the accounts listed here will give you the same screen we saw earlier:

I think that about wraps it up! If you have any more questions about the feature, please feel free to ask!

Hello, 

They're is a glitch in the single sign in action, it continuously asks me to sign in disrupting my study.  I'm using a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Note, Android.  The app is the logos Bible. 

In the meantime is there something I can do to avoid that continuous interruption?  Possibly download the previous version? 

Mike Measley said:

With single sign on, will the apps share resource downloads? Right now I have some bibles downloaded 3x. Once in Bible, a second time in Vyrso, and a 3rd time in Faithlife.  

No, not yet. This is something we've thought about, but haven't come up with a good solution yet. However, any possible solution I can conceive of requires this single sign in feature as a prerequisite, so it's a good first step. [:)]

Question: is the sign-on info stored or cached in plaintext?

Great! I hope the implementation is secure. Thank you! [:)]

Hello,

For some reason, the Play Store is not allowing me to update to 4.4.1 (Nexus 10 - Android 4.4.4 & Moto X - Android 4.4.3).

Last night, I updated the Nexus 10 from 4.3.7 to 4.3.8 (Bible, Noet, Faithlife Study Bible & Vyrso). The Play Store is showing these as being up to date, so the update to 4.4.1 is not available. I rebooted, but the update is still not available. I double-checked the Beta opt-in pages and confirmed that my status is still "You are a tester".

So, today, I tried the same on the Moto X (Bible, Vyrso). Same result. Updates to 4.3.8, but 4.4.1 is not available.

Apart from the Direct beta download page, is there anything else that needs to be done?

Thanks,

Dan

JRS said:

Ditto.  I am also using a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1.

I'm very sorry to hear you're having problems as well. We are currently building a new version of the app that includes some extra logging to help us figure out what's going on. If you can hold off on reinstalling the app or making any changes until we can get you the new build, that would be extremely helpful to us. I expect the new build to be ready within the next hour.

As a workaround, you may be able to work offline to avoid the sign in popup.

I've been bit by the sign-in bug (on my tablet). [:(]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Android 4.2.2

The sign-in was no problem on my phone

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Android 4.3

Drew Hannay said:

JRS said:

Ditto.  I am also using a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1.

JRS and Erwin, can you try installing the app from this link and then send me your log info again?
http://downloads.logos.com/Android/Logos/authtest/Logos-322.apk

Didn't work. It appears to login, pauses for a moment (1 sec.), then presents the sign-in screen again.

Thanks Drew; I'll try to send the logs. We just left for Wildwood NJ and wifi on the tablet is intermittent while on the road.

Drew:

Drew Hannay said:

It looks like 4.4.1 has not yet been published to Google Play, so the only way to get it is with the direct download link. I think we're going to hold off publishing to Google Play until we resolve this sign in issue.

Thanks. I think I'll wait for the next release.

Same. Never stops asking for sign in