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Office 365 Connect Sample for Android

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Office 365 Connect sample

Connecting to Office 365 is the first step every Android app must take to start working with Office 365 services and data. This sample shows how to connect and then call one API.

Device requirements

To run the Connect sample, your device needs to meet the following requirements:

  • A screen size of 800 x 480 or larger.
  • Android API level 15 or later.

Prerequisites

To use the Office 365 Connect sample for Android you need the following:

  • Android Studio version 1.0 or later.
  • An Office 365 account. You can sign up for an Office 365 Developer subscription that includes the resources that you need to start building Office 365 apps.
  • A client id and redirect uri values of an application registered in Azure. The application must run the Send mail as a user permission:

You can also add a native client application in Azure and grant proper permissions to it.

Open the sample using Android Studio

  1. Install Android Studio and add the Android SDK packages according to the instructions on developer.android.com.

  2. Download or clone this sample.

  3. Start Android Studio.

    1. Select Open an existing Android Studio project.
    2. Browse to your local repository and select the O365-Android-Connect project. Click OK.
  4. Open the Constants.java file.

    1. Find the CLIENT_ID constant and set its String value equal to the client id you registered in Azure Active Directory.
    2. Find the REDIRECT_URI constant and set its String value equal to the redirect URI you registered in Azure Active Directory. Office 365 Connect sample

    Note: If you have don't have CLIENT_ID and REDIRECT_URI values, add a native client application in Azure and take note of the CLIENT_ID and REDIRECT_URI.

Once you've built the Connect sample, you can run it on an emulator or device.

To learn more about the sample, visit our understanding the code wiki page. If you just want to use this code sample in your app, visit the Using the O365 Android Connect sample code in your app.

Questions and comments

We'd love to hear your feedback on this Connect sample for Android. Here's how you can send your questions and suggestions to us:

Next steps

This sample just shows the essentials that your apps need to work with Office 365. There is so much more that your apps can do using the Office 365 APIs, like helping your users to manage their work day with calendar, find just the information they need in all the files they store in OneDrive, or find the exact person they need from their list of contacts. We have more to share with you in the Office 365 APIs Starter Project for Android. We think it can help you fuel your ideas.

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