I’ve google sign in working on Android, iOS and We...

# compose-desktop

[Guilherme Delgado]

I’ve google sign in working on Android, iOS and Web, and I was wondering, how can i use it too in a compose desktop app? 🤔 Do i need a “webview” and then intercept an “OK response”, close it and proceed with “app logic”? Anyone tried it?
Thanks! 🙌

[Sean Proctor]

You're discouraged from using a webview for oauth. The best solution is either to embed an HTTP server in your app or install a custom protocol handler. I wrote a short article explaining how to do the first one here: https://levelup.gitconnected.com/oauth-in-compose-for-desktop-with-auth0-9990075606a1

[Guilherme Delgado]

Ok, made it work, and with a pretty simple approach in the end.
• Registered my new redirect in Google Cloud Console “…./desktopapp”
• Added to my SS app the logic to parse that redirect and respond with: call.respondRedirect("<desktopapp://accesstoken>=${oauth.accessToken}")
• Added this configuration to the desktop-app: deeplink configuration
• Finally, added the following code:

Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI("<http://localhost:8080/login?redirectLocation=desktopapp>"))
Desktop.getDesktop().setOpenURIHandler { event ->
    println("Open URI: " + event.uri)
}

and voi la, working as expected 😎