Trying to add a gmail account programmaticaly in android but getting error "caller uid 10040 is different than the authenticator's uid"

Question

There is an emial application in android that allows to add email account. How can I add a gmail account in that application programmatically?

I used this link Add account automatically but got SecurityException "caller uid 10040 is different than the authenticator's uid".

I used that code with

        Account account = new Account("my id@gmail.com", "com.example.addaccount.account");

Where "com.example.addaccount.account" is package name of my application, and I added authenticator.xml file in a folder named xml, with same package name android:accountType="com.example.addaccount.account".

But I am getting error "caller uid 10043 is different than the authenticator's uid". Can any one please tell me, what am I missing? I just added the xml file and wrote that code to add account, do I need to refer to that xml somehow?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '12 at 12:11

This method return the android market gmail account

public String getAccount(){
    String email=null;
    Account[] accounts = AccountManager.get(this).getAccountsByType("com.google");
    for (Account account : accounts) {
         email=accounts[0].toString(); 
    }
    return email;
}

also add this in manifest.xml

         <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"/>

Trying to add a gmail account programmaticaly in android but getting error "caller uid 10040 is different than the authenticator's uid"

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