Having a dedicated part of a mobile app for authorized users is a must for a modern-day app. Users want to have a personalized experience with the apps they love. They expect to seamlessly use services on different devices and platforms. And, most of all, they want to be sure that their personal data is secure.

Implementing a secure login process on Android can be challenging to achieve since many different moving parts need to be working in sync. On the Android side, you need to create a friendly login UI, communicate with a back-end service, securely persist the user data on the device, and maintain that data since the user expects to go through the login process only once. On top of that, you need to have a back-end app that supports the login features in the most secure way possible.

Here is where the Okta OIDC SDK comes to the rescue! It’s a mobile SDK developed by industry-leading security experts, designed to provide a simple way for your users to log in into your app. This is done by using OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC), which are the security industry’s standards for authorization and authentication. A fun guide to these technologies can be found in An Illustrated Guide to OAuth and OpenID Connect.

This post will show you how easy it is to set up the Okta OIDC SDK on Android and leave you with a working app that allows users to securely login!

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