Hello there all, anybody has done any social login...

# compose-desktop

[sergio artalejo]

Hello there all, anybody has done any social login (Google/Apple) in a KMM Desktop app? I already have a KMM project in Android and iOS with more than 20k users and I want to allow them to login in the new desktop app that I am building, but I cannot find an easy way to allow them authenticating with Google or Apple. Appreciate the help in advanced.

[Ahmed Riyadh]

I haven't tried that before but you could build your own solution, you can start by open the link in the browser or webview as a window, redirect to the server and then to the desktop application using dynamic/link/universal link

Might be used as a reference:
https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/server-side-flow
https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/native-app

[sergio artalejo]

Thanks a lot @Ahmed Riyadh for the reply.

[sergio artalejo]

Do the webviews already work for desktop then?

[sergio artalejo]

It seems that I will need to start working on what you suggested if there is no other options around.

[sergio artalejo]

Quite complex for such an easy feature in Mobile.

[Ahmed Riyadh]

https://github.com/KevinnZou/compose-webview-multiplatform

[Ahmed Riyadh]

This is a Multiplatform library, work for iOS, Android and Desktop, it will delegate to the native solution

[sergio artalejo]

Will try that just now for desktop, many thanks.

[Ahmed Riyadh]

Also I have an example repository for only using WebView for compose desktop: https://github.com/ellet0/compose-desktop-webview

[Ahmed Riyadh]

But it's quite outdated and it's not a library, just an example

[sergio artalejo]

Ah right, will check it either way.

[Ahmed Riyadh]

And it uses JavaFx with Compose desktop

[sergio artalejo]

Is that how you did the Google SSO in your project?

[Ahmed Riyadh]

To be honest, I never really developed or tried using Google sign in desktop other than (https://pub.dev/packages/google_sign_in) and it's only available for macOS and only for Flutter but that's a good idea, I might create an example repository for using it in both Flutter Desktop and Compose Desktop when the time allow me doing that.

[Ahmed Riyadh]

The Google Sign In docs already has info on how it work and based on that you will implement the solution, you will need to use Google sign in web

[sergio artalejo]

Yeah, I assumed so. It's either that or create a kind of magic link for the apps to the desktop app that will be simpler and quicker for the users.

[Ahmed Riyadh]

Yes, you don't have to use WebView in your app, it would be easier for both developers and users (also more privacy) to open a link in the browser and redirect it to the desktop app but I'm not sure if Dynamic links is supported in Compose desktop and I haven't tried it before

[Ahmed Riyadh]

Might be useful https://conveyor.hydraulic.dev/14.2/configs/os-integration/#url-handlers-deep-linking