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Authenticate with Google Plus, with android App, how to get REFRESH TOKEN

Im triying to authenticate with google, I´m currently using the way i´t is recomended on his documentation, but.. is there any EASY way to get the refresh token?, I make the auth and get the token, but it have been impossible for me to take the refresh token , and I need id.
I have tried lots of ways, I have spend more than a week with this issue, is it possible to get that token? I´ve tried with lots of manuals, tutorials... but I can´t.
Anyone Knows any place where I can Know how to get the resfresh_token and it is good explained and that is currently working?.
Thanks a lot!!
Pd: is a native android App.
EDIT:
Ok, for More info, I´m making the auth as is in google´s documentation to auth with GoogleApiClient with little variations( because I´m using it as a cain of manager) . THIS PART RUN´S OK:
Firs instead of calling on create I call:
public void logginGooglePlus(GooglePlusAuthCallback googlePlusAuthCallback) {
gPAuthCallback = googlePlusAuthCallback;
// Initializing google plus api client
String scope = "audience:server:client_id:" + SERVER_CLIENT_ID;
mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
.addConnectionCallbacks(this)
.addOnConnectionFailedListener(this).addApi(Plus.API)
.addScope(Plus.SCOPE_PLUS_LOGIN).build();
mGoogleApiClient.connect();
mSignInClicked = true;
signInWithGplus(gPAuthCallback);
}
I continue just with copy&paste with the google´s:
#Override
public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult result) {
if (!result.hasResolution()) {
// GooglePlayServicesUtil.getErrorDialog(result.getErrorCode(),
// this,
// 0).show();
if (gPAuthCallback != null) {
gPAuthCallback.onLoginError(result.toString());
}
return;
}
if (!mIntentInProgress) {
// Store the ConnectionResult for later usage
mConnectionResult = result;
if (mSignInClicked) {
// The user has already clicked 'sign-in' so we attempt to
// resolve all
// errors until the user is signed in, or they cancel.
resolveSignInError();
}
}
}
#Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int responseCode,
Intent intent) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, responseCode, intent);
if (requestCode == RC_SIGN_IN) {
if (responseCode != RESULT_OK) {
mSignInClicked = false;
}
mIntentInProgress = false;
if (!mGoogleApiClient.isConnecting()) {
mGoogleApiClient.connect();
}
}
}
#Override
public void onConnected(Bundle arg0) {
mSignInClicked = false;
// Get user's information
if (gPAuthCallback != null) {
gPAuthCallback.onLoginSuccesful();
}
}
#Override
public void onConnectionSuspended(int arg0) {
mGoogleApiClient.connect();
}
/**
* Sign-in into google
* */
public void signInWithGplus(GooglePlusAuthCallback googlePlusAuthCallback) {
gPAuthCallback = googlePlusAuthCallback;
if (!mGoogleApiClient.isConnecting()) {
mSignInClicked = true;
resolveSignInError();
}
}
/**
* Method to resolve any signin errors
* */
private void resolveSignInError() {
if (mConnectionResult.hasResolution()) {
try {
mIntentInProgress = true;
mConnectionResult.startResolutionForResult(this, RC_SIGN_IN);
} catch (SendIntentException e) {
mIntentInProgress = false;
mGoogleApiClient.connect();
}
}
}
And finally I call to get the persons data:
public void getProfileInformation(
GooglePlusGetPersonCallback getPersonCallback) {
this.googlePlusGetPersonCallback = getPersonCallback;
try {
if (Plus.PeopleApi.getCurrentPerson(mGoogleApiClient) != null) {
currentPerson = Plus.PeopleApi
.getCurrentPerson(mGoogleApiClient);
String personName = currentPerson.getDisplayName();
String personPhotoUrl = currentPerson.getImage().getUrl();
String personGooglePlusProfile = currentPerson.getUrl();
String email = Plus.AccountApi.getAccountName(mGoogleApiClient);
Log.e("GPlus", "Name: " + personName + ", plusProfile: "
+ personGooglePlusProfile + ", email: " + email
+ ", Image: " + personPhotoUrl);
new getTokenAsyncTask().execute();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
if (googlePlusGetPersonCallback != null) {
// googlePlusGetPersonCallback.ongeGooglePersonError(e.getCause()
// .toString());
}
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Ok, leaving here is easy, now It starts the funny part: I need the Refresh Token because I have to sign in with a server, and I have to pass the access_token, refresh_token and user_id.
reading this: https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/CrossClientAuth
I understand that I have to make the getToken call with a different Scope, so I change it: the method for get token is :
// GET TOKEN 2o plano
public class getTokenAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Boolean, String> {
#Override
protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
try {
String acountname = Plus.AccountApi
.getAccountName(mGoogleApiClient);
// agregamos el scope del server para que me loguee para la app
// "crossclient"
String serverScope = "audience:server:client_id:"
+ SERVER_CLIENT_ID;
String token = GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(GooglePlusManager.this,
acountname, serverScope);
return token;
} catch (UserRecoverableAuthException e) {
// startActivityForResult(e.getIntent(), "NECESITA AUT");
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace(); // TODO: handle the exception
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String code) {
String token = code;
if (googlePlusGetPersonCallback != null) {
googlePlusGetPersonCallback.ongeGooglePersonSuccesful(
currentPerson, token);
}
}
}
According to documentation, with this I´ll get a token that: "The ID token will contain several data fields", and I´m only retrieving a string token ( but it does not give any crash or issue so I suppose it is Ok). I haven´t got access to the Server, but I´ve suppose that it is ok, because the ios app is running ok already ( another company have done it in Ios), do I have to ask them to make in the server any thing so I can authenticate my android app with the server?
The ios app is passing to the server the parameter I´ve already said (acces, refres, id) So I Imagine that I have to pass the same in android, I have acces to the console and I have declared the android app in the same project.
well, from the part I am, that I have an supposed valid token.. how can I get the refresh token? I´m completely lost...
If anyone knows how to get it.. I´ll invite as much beer as you can ( I have lost so many hours with this :S ).
xcuses for the really really big post :( ( it´s my first one!).

According to the google documentation you can exchange tokens.
So, if you post required parameters to below link, then you will obtain a refresh token
https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/token
Parameters,
var params = {
code: 'FROM ANDROID [ONE TIME CODE]',
client_id: 'FROM YOUR GOOGLE CONSOLE',
client_secret: 'FROM YOUR GOOGLE CONSOLE',
redirect_uri: 'FROM YOUR GOOGLE CONSOLE',
grant_type: 'authorization_code'
access_type:'offline'
};
The only thing you must send from android is one-time code. Other parameters are static, store they in a config file.
var params = {
code: 'FROM ANDROID [ONE TIME CODE]',
Android side, Enable server-side API access for your app, after implementing this, you will have an one-time code
I hope these will be helpful for you.

Unable to upload picture to facebook From android app with different user than me

I have an android app with facebook sdk api integration that allow user to login to facebook and share picture. I've tested my android app by log in with my facebook account (my account is the owner of facebook app) and everithing work well. But if i log in with another account (that is not owner of Facebook app) i'm not able to upload picture. I receive this error;
12-04 13:35:33.484: I/FACEBOOK(20673): {HttpStatus: 403, errorCode: 200, errorType: OAuthException, errorMessage: (#200) Permissions error}
i update picture in this way:
final ProgressDialog spinner = new ProgressDialog(this);
// Part 1: create callback to get URL of uploaded photo
Request.Callback uploadPhotoRequestCallback = new Request.Callback() {
#Override
public void onCompleted(Response response) {
String alert_title = "";
String alert_message = "";
if (response.getError() != null) {
Log.i("FACEBOOK", response.getError().toString());
alert_title = FullPics.this.getString(R.string.alert_error);
alert_message = FullPics.this
.getString(R.string.publish_pic_fail);
} else {
Object graphResponse = response.getGraphObject()
.getProperty("id");
if (graphResponse == null
|| !(graphResponse instanceof String)
|| TextUtils.isEmpty((String) graphResponse)) {
Log.d("FULL", "failed photo upload/no response");
alert_title = FullPics.this
.getString(R.string.alert_error);
alert_message = FullPics.this
.getString(R.string.publish_pic_fail);
} else {
alert_title = FullPics.this
.getString(R.string.alert_success);
alert_message = FullPics.this
.getString(R.string.publish_pic_success);
}
}
spinner.dismiss();
showMessage(alert_title, alert_message);
}
};
File image_file = fragmentAdapter.getCurrentImageFile(pager
.getCurrentItem());
Request request;
try {
spinner.setMessage(getString(R.string.publish_pic_in_progress));
spinner.setCancelable(false);
spinner.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
spinner.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_SPINNER);
spinner.show();
request = Request.newUploadPhotoRequest(
Session.openActiveSession(this, false, null), image_file,
uploadPhotoRequestCallback);
request.executeAsync();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
what's wrong? maybe i need to set something on Facebook developer site inside my app?

This is happening because your facebook app is private to you only. If you observe your app on facebook there will be little green circle which will be shown as disabled if your api is private.
It should public and filled with green color. Then only other user can use this app.
Visit https://developers.facebook.com/docs/games/bestpractice/managing-development-cycle?locale=en_GB for more info

according to new facebook sdk, you need to submit your app for review if you are publishing anything.
after facebook approval you can upload picture by using any login.
you can check this link for review process
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/review/
https://github.com/sauce/guide/wiki/Facebook's-approval-process

Google account get Token

I have a problem with kitkat api while tringy to get access token of google account services, google music in my case. So, if user trying get token at first by using next method:
public String getAuthToken(Account account)
throws AuthenticatorException, IOException {
String s1;
if (account == null) {
Log.e("MusicAuthInfo", "Given null account to MusicAuthInfo.getAuthToken()", new Throwable());
throw new AuthenticatorException("Given null account to MusicAuthInfo.getAuthToken()");
}
String s = getAuthTokenType(mContext);
try {
s1 = AccountManager.get(mContext).blockingGetAuthToken(account, s, true);
} catch (OperationCanceledException operationcanceledexception) {
throw new AuthenticatorException(operationcanceledexception);
}
if (s1 == null) {
throw new AuthenticatorException("Received null auth token.");
}
return s1;
}
here i get s1 == null and the system push notification:
When user tap on notification, next dialog appear:
When user click "ok", all next iterations getting token get success.
Question: How to circumvent this confirmation or show just dialog, without click to notification ?

It's not a direct answer to your question, but you can use Google Play Services instead.
String token = GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(context, userEmail, "oauth2:https://mail.google.com/");
You just have to specify the oauth2 scope you need. For instance for Google+ you would need "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login" instead of what I post in the snippet for Gmail. You can also specify multiple scopes in one token request. The permission request pops up right away.
You can read all about it here: Authorizing with Google for REST APIs, Login scopes

Solved. Need use this method:
Bundle result = AccountManager.get(activity).getAuthToken(account, s, new Bundle(), activity, new AccountManagerCallback<Bundle>() {
#Override
public void run(AccountManagerFuture<Bundle> future) {
try {
Log.e("xxx", future.getResult().toString());
} catch (OperationCanceledException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (AuthenticatorException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}, null).getResult();

Android, Twitter4j, REST 1.1 - How do I finish the OAuth Process?

I have been at this since the weekend and I am at an impasse. I am pretty new to programming and suspect I am in over my head because I have read every link under "Similar Questions" and it either does not apply or confuses me more.
I am using the Twitter4j API and I worked from code sample no. 7 on the twitter4j website on OAuth support at http://twitter4j.org/en/code-examples.html.
As a skill-building project, I want to make an Android celebrity fan app that will download the timeline from the celebrity's public account. The goal is to execute a timeline download of all the tweets. I do not want the user to login to Twitter with this app or post tweets. The app just downloads a timeline in the background and displays the tweets, probably in a list view.
My code is not executing the following line. It seems to just hang there waiting for something to happen.
RequestToken requestToken = twitter.getOAuthRequestToken();
I have internet permissions in manifest. At this point, I am so confused, I do not even know if I have registered my app correctly. I have the four keys (consumer, consumer secret, access, and access secret).
Settings
-Website: made something up
-Application Type: Read Only
-Callback URL: left it blank
-I did not opt in to "Sign In With Twitter."
OAuth Tool
-Request Type: GET
-Request URI: https://api.twitter.com/1/ (probably wrong)
This is my code:
public class TwitterActivity extends Activity
{
Button mButtonTweets;
String JSONString = null;
TextView JSONContent;
class GetTwitterTimeline extends AsyncTask<Void, String, String>
{
#Override
protected String doInBackground(Void... params)
{
try
{
ConfigurationBuilder cb = new ConfigurationBuilder();
cb.setDebugEnabled(true)
.setOAuthConsumerKey("")
.setOAuthConsumerSecret("")
.setOAuthAccessToken("")
.setOAuthAccessTokenSecret("");
TwitterFactory tf = new TwitterFactory(cb.build());
Twitter twitter = tf.getInstance();
try
{
RequestToken requestToken = twitter.getOAuthRequestToken();
AccessToken accessToken = null;
while (accessToken == null)
{
onProgressUpdate(requestToken.getAuthenticationURL());
try
{
accessToken = twitter.getOAuthAccessToken();
}//try
catch(TwitterException te)
{
if (te.getStatusCode() == 401)
{
onProgressUpdate("Unable to get the access token");
}//if
else
{
te.printStackTrace();
}//else
}//catch
}//while
onProgressUpdate("Got Access Token");
onProgressUpdate("Access Token: " + accessToken.getToken());
onProgressUpdate("Access Token Secret: " + accessToken.getTokenSecret());
}//try
catch (IllegalStateException ie)
{
if(!twitter.getAuthorization().isEnabled())
{
onProgressUpdate("OAuth consumer key/secret is not set.");
}//if
}//catch
}//try
catch (TwitterException te)
{
te.printStackTrace();
onProgressUpdate("Failed to get timeline");
}//catch
String JSONString = "JSON content will go here";
return JSONString;
}//doInBackground
protected void onProgressUpdate(String logEntry)
{
Log.d("twitter4j", logEntry);
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String jsonString)
{
JSONString = jsonString;
}
}//end inner class
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.layout_twitter);
new GetTwitterTimeline().execute();
JSONContent = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textview_tweets);
mButtonTweets = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_tweets);
mButtonTweets.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
JSONContent.setText(JSONString);
}
});
}
}

Twitter API has been updated. So Request URI: https://api.twitter.com/1/ won't work.
Also AFAIK the way you are trying to make the app won't work out. You need some kind of authentication. I also dumped one of my app after this API change. :(
Read the following link:
https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/overview

Android Google+ integration - repeated UserRecoverableAuthException

We have contacted Google about this and we are on chat
The issue seems to be fixed for devices except Samsung phones.
I'm adding a Google+ sign in option to an app per the official instructions. Once the user has selected their account I would like my server to retrieve their Google+ profile info and update their profile on our site to match.
The first part - having the user select a Google account locally - seems to work just fine. When I try to request a token for the selected account, the Google auth dialog displays with the appropriate parameters; however, when I authorize the app using that dialog and re-request the token, GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(...) again throws a UserRecoverableAuthException (NeedPermission, not GooglePlayServicesAvailabilityException) and I get the same dialog asking me to approve!
This behavior is present on a Samsung S3 running Android 4.1.1 (with 3 Google accounts) and an Acer A100 running 4.0.3. It is NOT present on an HTC Glacier running 2.3.4. Instead, the HTC Glacier gives me a valid auth code. All devices have the latest iteration of Google Play Services installed and are using different Google+ accounts.
Anyone seen this before? Where can I start with debugging?
Here's the complete code - is anything obviously awry?
public class MyGooglePlusClient {
private static final String LOG_TAG = "GPlus";
private static final String SCOPES_LOGIN = Scopes.PLUS_LOGIN + " " + Scopes.PLUS_PROFILE;
private static final String ACTIVITIES_LOGIN = "http://schemas.google.com/AddActivity";
private static MyGooglePlusClient myGPlus = null;
private BaseActivity mRequestingActivity = null;
private String mSelectedAccount = null;
/**
* Get the GPlus singleton
* #return GPlus
*/
public synchronized static MyGooglePlusClient getInstance() {
if (myGPlus == null)
myGPlus = new MyGooglePlusClient();
return myGPlus;
}
public boolean login(BaseActivity requester) {
Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Starting login...");
if (mRequestingActivity != null) {
Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Login attempt already in progress.");
return false; // Cannot launch a new request; already in progress
}
mRequestingActivity = requester;
if (mSelectedAccount == null) {
Intent intent = AccountPicker.newChooseAccountIntent(null, null, new String[]{GoogleAuthUtil.GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_TYPE}, false,
null, GoogleAuthUtil.GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_TYPE, null, null);
mRequestingActivity.startActivityForResult(intent, BaseActivity.REQUEST_GPLUS_SELECT);
}
return true;
}
public void loginCallback(String accountName) {
mSelectedAccount = accountName;
authorizeCallback();
}
public void logout() {
Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Logging out...");
mSelectedAccount = null;
}
public void authorizeCallback() {
Log.w(LOG_TAG, "User authorized");
AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> task = new AsyncTask<Void, Void, String>() {
#Override
protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
String token = null;
try {
Bundle b = new Bundle();
b.putString(GoogleAuthUtil.KEY_REQUEST_VISIBLE_ACTIVITIES, ACTIVITIES_LOGIN);
token = GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(mRequestingActivity,
mSelectedAccount,
"oauth2:server:client_id:"+Constants.GOOGLE_PLUS_SERVER_OAUTH_CLIENT
+":api_scope:" + SCOPES_LOGIN,
b);
} catch (IOException transientEx) {
// Network or server error, try later
Log.w(LOG_TAG, transientEx.toString());
onCompletedLoginAttempt(false);
} catch (GooglePlayServicesAvailabilityException e) {
Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Google Play services not available.");
Intent recover = e.getIntent();
mRequestingActivity.startActivityForResult(recover, BaseActivity.REQUEST_GPLUS_AUTHORIZE);
} catch (UserRecoverableAuthException e) {
// Recover (with e.getIntent())
Log.w(LOG_TAG, "User must approve "+e.toString());
Intent recover = e.getIntent();
mRequestingActivity.startActivityForResult(recover, BaseActivity.REQUEST_GPLUS_AUTHORIZE);
} catch (GoogleAuthException authEx) {
// The call is not ever expected to succeed
Log.w(LOG_TAG, authEx.toString());
onCompletedLoginAttempt(false);
}
Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Finished with task; token is "+token);
if (token != null) {
authorizeCallback(token);
}
return token;
}
};
task.execute();
}
public void authorizeCallback(String token) {
Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Token obtained: "+token);
// <snipped - do some more stuff involving connecting to the server and resetting the state locally>
}
public void onCompletedLoginAttempt(boolean success) {
Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Login attempt "+(success ? "succeeded" : "failed"));
mRequestingActivity.hideProgressDialog();
mRequestingActivity = null;
}
}

I've had this issue for a while and came up with a proper solution.
String token = GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(this, accountName, scopeString, appActivities);
This line will either return the one time token or will trigger the UserRecoverableAuthException.
On the Google Plus Sign In guide, it says to open the proper recovery activity.
startActivityForResult(e.getIntent(), RECOVERABLE_REQUEST_CODE);
When the activity returns with the result, it will come back with few extras in the intent and that is where the new token resides :
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int responseCode, Intent intent) {
if (requestCode == RECOVERABLE_REQUEST_CODE && responseCode == RESULT_OK) {
Bundle extra = intent.getExtras();
String oneTimeToken = extra.getString("authtoken");
}
}
With the new oneTimeToken given from the extra, you can submit to the server to connect properly.
I hope this helps!

Its too late to reply but it may help to people having same concern in future.
They have mentioned in the tutorial that it will always throw UserRecoverableAuthException
when you invoke GoogleAuthUtil.getToken() for the first time. Second time it will succeed.
catch (UserRecoverableAuthException e) {
// Requesting an authorization code will always throw
// UserRecoverableAuthException on the first call to GoogleAuthUtil.getToken
// because the user must consent to offline access to their data. After
// consent is granted control is returned to your activity in onActivityResult
// and the second call to GoogleAuthUtil.getToken will succeed.
startActivityForResult(e.getIntent(), AUTH_CODE_REQUEST_CODE);
return;
}
i used below code to get access code from google.
execute this new GetAuthTokenFromGoogle().execute(); once from public void onConnected(Bundle connectionHint) and once from protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int responseCode, Intent intent)
private class GetAuthTokenFromGoogle extends AsyncTask<Void, Integer, Void>{
#Override
protected void onPreExecute()
{
}
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
try {
accessCode = GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(mContext, Plus.AccountApi.getAccountName(mGoogleApiClient), SCOPE);
new ValidateTokenWithPhoneOmega().execute();
Log.d("Token -- ", accessCode);
} catch (IOException transientEx) {
// network or server error, the call is expected to succeed if you try again later.
// Don't attempt to call again immediately - the request is likely to
// fail, you'll hit quotas or back-off.
return null;
} catch (UserRecoverableAuthException e) {
// Recover
startActivityForResult(e.getIntent(), RC_ACCESS_CODE);
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (GoogleAuthException authEx) {
// Failure. The call is not expected to ever succeed so it should not be
// retried.
authEx.printStackTrace();
return null;
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result)
{
}
}

I have got around this issue by using a web based login. I open a url like this
String url = "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?scope=" + Scopes.PLUS_LOGIN + "&client_id=" + webLoginClientId + "&response_type=code&access_type=offline&approval_prompt=force&redirect_uri=" + redirect;
The redirect url then handles the response and returns to my app.
In terms of my findings on using the Google Play Services, I've found:
HTC One is 3.1.59 (736673-30) - not working
Galaxy Note is 3.1.59 (736673-36) - not working
Nexus S is 3.1.59 (736673-34) - works
And I'd like to be involved in the chat that is occurring, however I don't have a high enough reputation to do so.

I've experienced the same issue recently - it appears to be device-specific (I had it happen every time on one S3, but on another S3 running the same OS it didn't happen, even with the same account). My hunch is that it's a bug in a client app, either the G+ app or the Google Play Services app. I managed to solve the issue on one of my devices by factory resetting it (a Motorola Defy), then reinstalling the Google Play Services app, but that's a completely useless solution to tell to users.

Edit (6th Aug 2013): This seems to have been fixed for me without any changes to my code.
The first potential issue I can see is that you are calling GoogleAuthUtil.getToken() after you get the onConnected() callback. This is a problem because requesting an authorization code for your server using GoogleAuthUtil.getToken() will always show a consent screen to your users. So you should only get an authorization code for new users and, to avoid showing new users two consent screens, you must fetch an authorization code and exchange it on your server before resolving any connection failures from PlusClient.
Secondly, make sure you actually need both a PlusClient and an authorization code for your servers. You only need to get a PlusClient and an authorization code if you are intending to make calls to the Google APIs from both the Android client and your server. As explained in this answer.
These issues would only result in two consent dialogs being displayed (which is clearly not an endless loop) - are you seeing more than two consent dialogs?

I had a similar problem where an apparent auth loop kept creating {read: spamming} these "Signing In..." and Permission request dialogs while also giving out the discussed exception repeatedly.
The problem appears in some slightly-modified example code that I (and other like me, I suspect) "cargo-culted" from AndroidHive. The solution that worked for me was ensuring that only one background token-retrieval task runs at the background at any given time.
To make my code easier to follow, here's the auth flow in my app (that is almost identical to the example code on AndoidHive): Activity -> onConnected(...) -> getProfileInformation() -> getOneTimeToken().
Here's where getOneTimeToken() is called:
private void getProfileInformation() {
try {
if (Plus.PeopleApi.getCurrentPerson(mGoogleApiClient) != null) {
Person currentPerson = Plus.PeopleApi
.getCurrentPerson(mGoogleApiClient);
String personName = currentPerson.getDisplayName();
String personPhotoUrl = currentPerson.getImage().getUrl();
String personGooglePlusProfile = currentPerson.getUrl();
String email = Plus.AccountApi.getAccountName(mGoogleApiClient);
getOneTimeToken(); // <-------
...
Here's my getOneTimeToken():
private void getOneTimeToken(){
if (task==null){
task = new AsyncTask<Void, Void, String>() {
#Override
protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
LogHelper.log('d',LOGTAG, "Executing background task....");
Bundle appActivities = new Bundle();
appActivities.putString(
GoogleAuthUtil.KEY_REQUEST_VISIBLE_ACTIVITIES,
ACTIVITIES_LOGIN);
String scopes = "oauth2:server" +
":client_id:" + SERVER_CLIENT_ID +
":api_scope:" + SCOPES_LOGIN;
String token = null;
try {
token = GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(
ActivityPlus.this,
Plus.AccountApi.getAccountName(mGoogleApiClient),
scopes,
appActivities
);
} catch (IOException transientEx) {
/* Original comment removed*/
LogHelper.log('e',LOGTAG, transientEx.toString());
} catch (UserRecoverableAuthException e) {
/* Original comment removed*/
LogHelper.log('e',LOGTAG, e.toString());
startActivityForResult(e.getIntent(), AUTH_CODE_REQUEST);
} catch (GoogleAuthException authEx) {
/* Original comment removed*/
LogHelper.log('e',LOGTAG, authEx.toString());
} catch (IllegalStateException stateEx){
LogHelper.log('e',LOGTAG, stateEx.toString());
}
LogHelper.log('d',LOGTAG, "Background task finishing....");
return token;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String token) {
LogHelper.log('i',LOGTAG, "Access token retrieved: " + token);
}
};
}
LogHelper.log('d',LOGTAG, "Task setup successful.");
if(task.getStatus() != AsyncTask.Status.RUNNING){
task.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.SERIAL_EXECUTOR); //double safety!
} else
LogHelper.log('d',LOGTAG,
"Attempted to restart task while it is running!");
}
Please note that I have a {probably redundant} double-safety against the task executing multiple times:
if(task .getStatus() != AsyncTask.Status.RUNNING){...} - ensures that the task isn't running before attempting to execute it.
task.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.SERIAL_EXECUTOR);- makes sure that copies of this task are "synchronized" (i.e. a queue is in place such that only one task of this type can executed at a given time).
P.S.
Minor clarification: LogHelper.log('e',...) is equivalent to Log.e(...) etc.

you should startactiviy in UI thread
try {
....
} catch (IOException transientEx) {
....
} catch (final UserRecoverableAuthException e) {
....
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
startActivityForResult(e1.getIntent(), AUTH_CODE_REQUEST);
}
});
}

Had the same bug with infinite loop of permission request. For me it was because time on my phone was shifted. When I check detect time automatically this bug disappeared. Hope this helps!