Passwordless Login Solutions for Android (Udacity)

Offered by Udacity, Facebook,
Passwordless Login Solutions for Android (Udacity)

For an app developer, providing a seamless user experience is critical for building engagement and growing a user base. Passwordless login solutions provide your users with a simple, secure, and positive first experience. In this course, you'll learn two frameworks for sign-up and authentication: Account Kit, which uses a phone number and code, and Facebook Login for Android.

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You’ll learn how to configure both types of authentication side by side in a sample app, test the flow on a series of common use cases, and wrap things up with an introduction to Facebook’s Graph API, a window into an incredible wealth of data for creating a more engaging experience for your users.
Learn how to use tools from Facebook that enable developers to add features to an app that support increased personalization, enable frictionless account creation, and provide a seamless user experience.

What you will learn

Introduction to Passwordless Login Solutions

  • Learn why users’ login preferences are so critical for your app
  • Discover how Account Kit and Facebook Login positively impact the login experience
  • Explore ways these solutions can expand the reach of your app

Account Kit

  • Create your Facebook for Developers account
  • Configure authentication with Account Kit in a sample app
  • Track app events and analytics

Facebook Login

  • Configure authentication with Facebook Login for a sample app
  • Learn best practices for asking users for permissions
  • Explore Facebook Login analytics from real partner apps

Testing Login Flow

  • Learn strategies for handling many types of Facebook Authentication cases
  • Test your app’s Login flow against these common use cases

Introduction to the Graph API

  • Understand the best practices for asking permission from users to access their Facebook data
  • Use the Graph API to add social features to an app
  • Practice adding features like importing a photo and publishing a status update

Prerequisites and requirements
To get the most out of this course, you should have at least 3 months experience developing Android apps and familiarity using a third party SDK. If you lack this experience, please take our Developing Android Apps course prior to enrolling in this one.
To follow along with course activities, you must create a Facebook for Developers account, which will provide access to the Facebook Platform.

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