iOS: Google Authentication Code - ios

Question

I am working with authenticating user to use the google account he is associated with. The problem is that everytime the user logs in through my app, the "Allow Access" always appears on the Google's authentication view even I had clicked the Allow Access already from previous test. Is this normal or am I doing my codes wrong? Please help me guys.
I used the following codes for loggin in an out:
- (IBAction)signIn:(id)sender {
if(!isSignedIn){
[self signOutFromAll];
NSString *keychainItemName = nil;
// save keychain
keychainItemName = kKeychainItemName;
NSString *scope = #"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.me";
NSString *clientID = kClientID;
NSString *clientSecret = kClientSecret;
SEL finishedSel = #selector(viewController:finishedWithAuth:error:);
GTMOAuth2ViewControllerTouch *viewController;
viewController = [GTMOAuth2ViewControllerTouch controllerWithScope:scope
clientID:clientID
clientSecret:clientSecret
keychainItemName:keychainItemName
delegate:self
finishedSelector:finishedSel];
[[self navigationController]pushViewController:viewController animated:YES];
} else {
[self displayAlertWithMessage:#"Currently Signed in."];
} }
- (IBAction)signOut:(id)sender {
[self signOutFromAll];
[self displayAlertWithMessage:#"Signed out."]; }
This is for the delegate:
- (void)viewController:(GTMOAuth2ViewControllerTouch *)viewController
finishedWithAuth:(GTMOAuth2Authentication *)auth
error:(NSError *)error{
if(error != nil){
// Authentication failed...
NSLog(#"Authentication error: %#", error);
NSData *responseData = [[error userInfo] objectForKey:#"data"];
if([responseData length] > 0)
NSLog(#"%#", [[[NSString alloc]initWithData:responseData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]autorelease]);
self.auth = nil;
} else {
// Authentication succeeded...
isSignedIn = YES;
self.auth = auth;
}
}
And awakeFromNib:
- (void)awakeFromNib{
// Fill in the Client ID and Client Secret text fields
NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
// First, we'll try to get the saved Google authentication, if any, from the keychain
// Normal applications will hardcode in their client ID and client secret,
// But the sample app allows the user to enter them in a text field, and saves them in the preferences
NSString *clientID = [defaults stringForKey:kGoogleClientIDKey];
NSString *clientSecret = [defaults stringForKey:kGoogleClientSecretKey];
GTMOAuth2Authentication *auth;
auth = [GTMOAuth2ViewControllerTouch authForGoogleFromKeychainForName:kKeychainItemName
clientID:clientID
clientSecret:clientSecret];
if (auth.canAuthorize) {
// There is saved google authentication
// self.serviceSegments.selectedSegmentIndex = 0;
}
// Save the authentication object, which holds the auth tokens
self.auth = auth;
[self setAuth:auth];
isSignedIn = self.auth.canAuthorize;
}
By the way my reference for these codes is on this link: http://code.google.com/p/gtm-oauth2/wiki/Introduction#Using_the_OAuth_2_Controllers

Answer 1

from the docs:
The keychain item name is used to save the token on the user’s keychain, and should identify both your application name and the service name(s). If keychainItemName is nil, the token will not be saved, and the user will have to sign in again the next time the application is run.
http://code.google.com/p/gtm-oauth2/wiki/Introduction
So, from your code, it depends on what kKeychainItemName is set to.
Just thought I'd comment on this as I was reading the docs.

Answer 2

Use this method when you get the oauth object to save into keychain
[GTMOAuth2ViewControllerTouch saveParamsToKeychainForName:YOUR_KEYCHAIN_ITEM_NAME authentication:auth];
and
before making a call to api just check and retrieve the oauth object using this
GTMOAuth2Authentication * auth = [GTMOAuth2ViewControllerTouch
authForGoogleFromKeychainForName:YOUR_KEYCHAIN_ITEM_NAME
clientID:GOOGLE_CLIENT_KEY
clientSecret:GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET];
and make sure it's oauth object is authentic with using this
if(![GTMOAuth2ViewControllerTouch authorizeFromKeychainForName:YOUR_KEYCHAIN_ITEM_NAME authentication:auth])

Answer 3

I know this is an old question, but I encountered the same issue so I'm writing my solution, it might help somebody else in the future.
Turns out it's not sufficient to only set self.auth, you also need to set the self.analyticsService.authorizer variable
if ([self.auth canAuthorize])
{
self.analyticsService.authorizer = self.auth;
[self getAnalyticsData];
return;
}
This did the trick for me, the user is no longer asked to enter the credentials.

Answer 4

Put the below code to logout / sign out from Google SDK.
- Call below function from where you want:
static NSString *const kKeychainItemName = #"MY_APP";
- (void)logoutFromGoogleDrive {
[GTMOAuth2SignIn revokeTokenForGoogleAuthentication:(GTMOAuth2Authentication *)self.driveService.authorizer];
[GTMOAuth2ViewControllerTouch saveParamsToKeychainForName:kKeychainItemName authentication:nil];
}
[Note: Above code works, if you have used GTMOAuth2SignIn for sign in user for google access like,
GTMOAuth2Authentication * auth = [GTMOAuth2ViewControllerTouch
authForGoogleFromKeychainForName:YOUR_KEYCHAIN_ITEM_NAME
clientID:GOOGLE_CLIENT_KEY
clientSecret:GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET];
]

Answer 5

From my experience, this behavior is normal.
Are you having doubts because facebook only asks the user once if the user wants to grant the app privileges to access the user's profile?