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How to implement user authentication in an Android app?

The question is about Android .

Answer:

The standard approach is to hand off credential verification to an identity provider, either Firebase Authentication or a backend using OAuth 2.0, and store only the resulting session token on the device using Android Keystore rather than plain SharedPreferences.

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