Web API using windows authentication + Xamarin Client

Question

User1561558160 posted

Hi all,

I'm working on an android application and I need to make sure the user is connected, so our manager wants to use the active directory to verify if the right user is connected. So I created a web api that uses windows auth and from my android app I sen a webrequest with the username and compare it with the AD... All that is through VPN

The problem is on my android app when I send the webrequest I get this error: {System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized. This happends because the web api requires a login and password when we access it....

My question is: is there a solution to keep using the AD from the android app? Any ideas how?

Thanks,

Answer 1

User-111650791 posted

Hi Ahmed,

Go through this link for a start.

http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/security/basic-authentication

Thanks,

Unnikrishnan

Answer 2

User-84896714 posted

Hi AhmedLAGRINI,

Thank you for your post. Based on your description, I think you should use a third party library to fix it. Link below is for your reference.
https://github.com/AzureADSamples/NativeClient-Xamarin-Android

Best Regards,
Wang Li