cannot grant accesos to the Google account to a third party app.
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Description
Describe the bug
On the microg implementation of the account picker, it doesnt give thr option to grant access to a third party app to the google account. For example, if i want to make a backup on drive of muy whatsapp messages but i have not granted whatsapp the permission to acces drive, whatsapp gives an error and keeps asking for drive permission but i cannot grant them since microg dosent give me the option.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Open an app which requires access to google account (e.g. whatsapp)
- Go to the page where it asks for permission (e.g. backup page in whatsapp)
- Do the action that asks the permission (e.g. make a backup on whatsapp)
Expected behavior
A popup asking for google account access permission (e.g. drive access permission on whatsapp)
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System
Android Version: 11
Custom ROM: LineageOS 18.1
Additional context
To correctly reproduce this bug, is importsbt to use an account witch doesnt have the access permission grsnted previusly on a gapps-enabled device.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the account-picker flow on Android 11 with an account that has not previously granted the requested permission, following the WhatsApp backup steps in the report. Done means a third-party app receives a permission popup and can proceed with the requested Google Drive access.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, java
- Domain
- authentication, mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100