Android account manager add account after creating new account

To add an account to the Android Account Manager after creating a new account, you can use the following steps:

Create a new account: First, create a new account using the AccountManager class. You can do this by calling the createAccount() method and passing in the account type, account name, and other relevant information.

Here's an example:

AccountManager accountManager = AccountManager.get(this);
String accountType = "com.example.account.type";
String accountName = "myaccount";
Account account = new Account(accountName, accountType);
accountManager.createAccount(account, null, null);

Get the account manager instance: Get an instance of the AccountManager class. You can do this by calling the get() method and passing in the context of your app.

Here's an example:

AccountManager accountManager = AccountManager.get(this);

Add the account to the account manager: Once you have created the new account, you can add it to the account manager by calling the addAccount() method.

Here's an example:

accountManager.addAccount(account);

Verify the account: After adding the account, you can verify that it has been added successfully by calling the getAccounts() method and checking if the new account is present in the list of accounts.

Here's an example:

List<Account> accounts = accountManager.getAccounts();
for (Account account : accounts) {
    if (account.name.equals(accountName)) {
        // Account has been added successfully
    }
}

Here's the complete code:

import android.accounts.Account;
import android.accounts.AccountManager;
import android.content.Context;

public class MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private AccountManager accountManager;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        accountManager = AccountManager.get(this);

        // Create a new account
        String accountType = "com.example.account.type";
        String accountName = "myaccount";
        Account account = new Account(accountName, accountType);
        accountManager.createAccount(account, null, null);

        // Add the account to the account manager
        accountManager.addAccount(account);

        // Verify the account
        List<Account> accounts = accountManager.getAccounts();
        for (Account account : accounts) {
            if (account.name.equals(accountName)) {
                // Account has been added successfully
            }
        }
    }
}

Note that the addAccount() method returns a Bundle object that contains the result of the operation. You can use this bundle to check if the account was added successfully or if there were any errors.

Also, keep in mind that the AccountManager class is part of the Android SDK, so you don't need to add any additional libraries or dependencies to use it.

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