Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for Android

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The MSAL library for Android gives your app the ability to use the Microsoft Cloud by supporting Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Microsoft accounts in a converged experience using industry standard OAuth2 and OpenID Connect. The library also supports Azure AD B2C.

Introduction

What's new?

Looking for developers interested in providing early feedback on a x-platform implementation of MSAL written in C++ and Java, callable from Java, Kotlin and C++. If you're interested please please contact [email protected].

06/25/2021

• Silent requests were inadvertently serialized in MSAL v2.0.10-v2.0.12, Common v3.2.0-v3.4.3. This will be fixed in an upcoming release, tentatively scheduled for next week.
• In the meantime, please do not use the mentioned library versions, and strongly consider moving to 2.0.8. Details for the issue can be found here.

11/09/2020

• Android changes for SDK30, see the android developers notice.

09/04/2020 New updates with MSAL 2.0.0

• Add Device Code Flow Support (#1112)
• Introduces new AadAuthorityAudience enum to support new syntax for specifying cloud + audience
• Broker Content Provider Changes
• FOCI support for Local MSAL
• Added new Single Account Public Client Application API overloads

02/12/2020 New updates with MSAL 1.3.0:

• WebView zoom controls are now configurable
• Bugs/issues fixed:
  • Incorrect id_token returned for B2C app with multiple policies
  • WebView calls loadUrl multiple times over lifecycle
  • WebView displays error when connectivity lost
  • AT caching logic change for scope intersection

09/30/2019 MSAL Android is now generally available with MSAL 1.0!:

• Supported Authorities
  • Microsoft identity platform (also known as the Azure Active Directory v2 Endpoint)
  • Azure Active Directory B2C
    • Integrate with B2C
• Microsoft authentication broker support
  • Supports enterprise scenarios including:
    • Device Registration
    • Device Management
    • Intune App Protection
    • Device Single Sign On
• Introduction of Single and Multi Account Public Client Applications
• IAccount and access to claims. For more info see Accounts and tenant profiles
• Enable Single Sign-On with different authorization agents
• Support for synchronous methods from worker threads
• Improved configuration and control of your PublicClientApplication using configuration file
• AndroidX Compatible

Migrating from ADAL

See the ADAL to MSAL migration guide for Android

Sample

Run the quickstart to see how our Java sample works, or checkout this list of all MSAL sample repos.

Using MSAL

• Before you can get a token from Azure AD v2.0 or Azure AD B2C, you'll need to register an application. To register your app, use the Azure portal. For Azure AD B2C, checkout how to register your app with B2C.

Requirements

• Android API Level 16+

Step 1: Declare dependency on MSAL

Add to your app's build.gradle:

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.microsoft.identity.client:msal:2.0.+'
}

Please also add the following lines to your repositories section in your gradle script:

maven { 
    url 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/MicrosoftDeviceSDK/DuoSDK-Public/_packaging/Duo-SDK-Feed/maven/v1' 
}

Step 2: Create your MSAL configuration file

Configuration Documentation

It's simplest to create your configuration file as a "raw" resource file in your project resources. You'll be able to refer to this using the generated resource identifier when constructing an instance of PublicClientApplication. If you are registering your app in the portal for the first time, you will also be provided with this config JSON.

{
  "client_id" : "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
  "redirect_uri" : "msauth://<YOUR_PACKAGE_NAME>/<YOUR_BASE64_URL_ENCODED_PACKAGE_SIGNATURE>",
  "broker_redirect_uri_registered": true,
}

NOTE: In the redirect_uri, the part <YOUR_PACKAGE_NAME> refers to the package name returned by the context.getPackageName() method. This package name is the same as the application_id defined in your build.gradle file.

NOTE: This is the minimum required configuration. MSAL relies on the defaults that ship with the library for all other settings. Please refer to the configuration file documentation to understand the library defaults.

Step 3: Configure the AndroidManifest.xml

1. Request the following permissions via the Android Manifest

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>

2. Configure an intent filter in the Android Manifest, using your redirect URI

NOTE: Failure to include an intent filter matching the redirect URI you specify via configuration will result in a failed interactive token request. Please double check this!

    <!--Intent filter to capture authorization code response from the default browser on the device calling back to our app after interactive sign in -->
    <activity
        android:name="com.microsoft.identity.client.BrowserTabActivity">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
            <data
                android:scheme="msauth"
                android:host="<YOUR_PACKAGE_NAME>"
                android:path="/<YOUR_BASE64_ENCODED_PACKAGE_SIGNATURE>" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

NOTE: Please refer to this FAQ for more information on common redirect uri issues.

Step 4: Create an MSAL PublicClientApplication

NOTE: In this example we are creating an instance of MultipleAccountPublicClientApplication, which is designed to work with apps that allow multiple accounts to be used within the same application. If you would like to use SingleAccount mode, refer to the single vs. multi account documentation. You can also check out the quickstart for examples of how this is used.

1. Create a new MultipleAccountPublicClientApplication instance.

String[] scopes = {"User.Read"};
IMultipleAccountPublicClientApplication mMultipleAccountApp = null;
IAccount mFirstAccount = null;

PublicClientApplication.createMultipleAccountPublicClientApplication(getContext(),
    R.raw.msal_config,
    new IPublicClientApplication.IMultipleAccountApplicationCreatedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onCreated(IMultipleAccountPublicClientApplication application) {
            mMultipleAccountApp = application;
        }

        @Override
        public void onError(MsalException exception) {
            //Log Exception Here
        }
    });

2. Acquire a token interactively

mMultipleAccountApp.acquireToken(this, SCOPES, getAuthInteractiveCallback());

private AuthenticationCallback getAuthInteractiveCallback() {
    return new AuthenticationCallback() {
        @Override
        public void onSuccess(IAuthenticationResult authenticationResult) {
            /* Successfully got a token, use it to call a protected resource */
            String accessToken = authenticationResult.getAccessToken();
            // Record account used to acquire token
            mFirstAccount = authenticationResult.getAccount();
        }
        @Override
        public void onError(MsalException exception) {
            if (exception instanceof MsalClientException) {
                //And exception from the client (MSAL)
            } else if (exception instanceof MsalServiceException) {
                //An exception from the server
            }
        }
        @Override
        public void onCancel() {
            /* User canceled the authentication */
        }
    };
}

3. Acquire a token silently

/*
    Before getting a token silently for the account used to previously acquire a token interactively, we recommend that you verify that the account is still present in the local cache or on the device in case of brokered auth

    Let's use the synchronous methods here which can only be invoked from a Worker thread
*/

//On a worker thread
IAccount account = mMultipleAccountApp.getAccount(mFirstAccount.getId());

if(account != null){
    //Now that we know the account is still present in the local cache or not the device (broker authentication)

    //Request token silently
    String[] newScopes = {"Calendars.Read"};
    
    String authority = mMultipleAccountApp.getConfiguration().getDefaultAuthority().getAuthorityURL().toString();

    //Use default authority to request token from pass null
    IAuthenticationResult result = mMultipleAccountApp.acquireTokenSilent(newScopes, account, authority);
}

ProGuard

MSAL uses reflection and generic type information stored in .class files at runtime to support various persistence and serialization related functionalities. Accordingly, library support for minification and obfuscation is limited. A default configuration is shipped with this library; please file an issue if you find any issues.

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This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact [email protected] with any additional questions or comments.

Android Studio Build Requirement

Please note that this project uses Lombok internally and while using Android Studio you will need to install Lobmok Plugin to get the project to build successfully within Android Studio.

Roadmap

Date	Release	Blog post	Main features
09/30/19	MSAL 1.0.0	https://developer.microsoft.com/identity/blogs/microsoft-authentication-libraries-for-android-ios-and-macos-are-now-generally-available/	General Availability of MSAL
12/17/19	MSAL 1.1.0		Expose raw id_token IAccount/ITenantProfile from AuthenticationResult
02/04/20	MSAL 1.2.0		Adds spinner to WebView interactive requests, replaced PublicClientApplication create methods, adds fragment support to WebView flow, bug fixes
02/12/20	MSAL 1.3.0		Bug fixes & WebView zoom controls configurable
Projected for end of Q4	Proof of Possession		Access Token Proof of Possession is currently in preview and is not yet recommended for production environments. Learn more.

Security Library

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