How to access account name in android with API 26 or higher?

Question

I'm developing an application, where I want to send the users account in an email. I've tried every example here in stackoverflow, also checked the Android Development site, but I couldn't retrieve any information using AccountManager. I've found the following information:

"In Android 8.0 (API level 26), apps can no longer get access to user accounts unless the authenticator owns the accounts or the user grants that access", but I still have no idea how to make get the account name.

Can anybody provide a working code snippet? It should work just with this:

AccountManager accountManager = AccountManager.get(getApplicationContext());
Account[] accounts = accountManager.getAccountsByType("com.google");

Manifest:

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

I'm developing for android wear.

In settings -> Accounts: I find my google account, but this still returns an empty array — adamb, May 03 '18 at 18:10
possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29689809/how-to-get-android-phone-users-google-account-name — noogui, May 04 '18 at 03:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '18 at 14:54

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You should try adding on the Manifest:

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

That worked for me on API 27.

answered Sep 14 '18 at 14:54

Tona

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How to access account name in android with API 26 or higher?

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